[2] In August of that year, it was announced that the band had signed to independent label Run for Cover and was aiming to release their debut album in 2011.

[3] Guitarist Alex Henery explained that after the group began discussions with Run for Cover founder Jeff Casazza, "it just kind of came together.

[3] Basement went on a UK tour alongside Tigers Jaw and End of a Year in December 2010 and January 2011.

[20] In April, the band went on the Rocksound Impericon Exposure Tour with Man Overboard, Trapped Under Ice and Your Demise.

[21] In late June and early July, the band went on a tour of Australia with Endless Heights.

AbsolutePunk reviewer Alex Djaferis wrote that the album was "a welcome shot in the arm" for a saturated music scene full of "limp copycats of glory days long gone.

"[23] He called the band's sound "fresh" with "a direct energy ... denotes a clear purpose, and that is to rock, very hard.

viewed the album as "half an hour of pure brilliance", incorporating post-hardcore, pop-punk and emo, the group "sound a million miles" from home.

Writing for Thrash Hits, Lock Johnson wrote that the album contained "more soul, more emotion, and just more great songs" than any of the band's contemporaries.