The Man's major-label debut, as the band was signed to Atlantic Records in April 2010,[3][4] shortly after the release of its fifth studio album American Ghetto, the creation of which took only 10 days.

The Man started the relationship with the label by lying that the songs for the sixth studio album were ready.

Then they joined producer John Hill in a studio in El Paso, where they managed to write one song, "Floating (Time Isn't Working My Side)".

The band members noticed that for the first time they weren't able to communicate,[4][5] and decided they needed some space to regroup.

In a midway of the creative process, Gourley said to Hill during an argument that he was going to quit the band and "go back to Alaska and build houses.

A "Limited Edition Pack", consisting of a specially packaged CD and white vinyl, digital download, T-shirt, lithograph and the set of three Field Journals and two patches, was also released in a number of 500 copies.

The film acted as an extended music video for the songs "Sleep Forever" and "Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)".

The film depicted frontman John Baldwin Gourley on a dog-sled, riding through the Alaskan wilderness.

A bit of the footage was originally shown in the 30-second previews for "Once Was One", "All Your Light (Times Like These)", "So American" and "You Carried Us (Share With Me The Sun)".

[8] All tracks are written by John Baldwin GourleyRecorded at LA Bronz (Los Angeles), Kingsize Soundlabs (Los Angeles), White House Recorders (San Diego, CA), Rusty Branson's Pleasure Cave (New York City), Sonic Ranch Studios (Texas).