"[7] Describing the record's second single, "Incurably Innocent", singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala stated that it is "a song about sexual abuse and being able to finally speak out."

The cover artwork (including the lyric music videos for the singles "Governed by Contagions" and "Incurably Innocent"), were illustrated by Damon Locks.

On August 14, the band released a music video for "Call Broken Arrow"[9] The record was unveiled on Wednesday, February 22 following a few short clips being shared by the band's various social media pages the previous week leading up to the announcement.

Pre-orders were immediately available for the digital album, CD, cassette, and three different vinyl editions of the record, two of which are exclusive to various bundles offered through the webstore.

This particular bundle also included its own special "half cyan/half blue" splatter vinyl LP limited to 150 copies as well.