It was released April 6, 1997 to a sold-out show at the Cotton Club[10] The album introduced piano to their sound and Allen Broyles who played on the record would join the band that same year.
[11] The band continued touring and opening shows for Jump, Little Children, Five-eight, The Innocence Mission, Ben Harper, Nathan Sheppard, Kitty Snyder, among others.
It was lavishly produced by Peter Collins at Ocean Way Nashville recording studio, with Kenny Aronoff playing drums.
[20] A slightly more successful collaboration came when ex-Modern Lover / Talking Head, Jerry Harrison was brought on produce the opening track, Matter and Joplin's new song, Camera One, which hadn't been previously released.
[36] In June 2002, Josh Joplin began working on demos for songwriter turned producer, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger.
[38] with Atlanta producer, Rob Gal and engineers, John Holbrook and Rudyard Lee Cullers[39][40][41] at Stratosphere.
On this record, the musical styles were similarly varied, ranging from slow piano- and acoustic guitar-driven pop to upbeat keyboard- and electric guitar-based rock.