Following the completion of the band's fourth studio album, Eat the Elephant, and subsequent touring cycle in 2018, A Perfect Circle went inactive while members moved onto their respective musical projects.
Frontman Maynard James Keenan resumed work with Puscifer, while guitarist Billy Howerdel put out a solo album, What Normal Was (2022).
Scheduled to run across April and May 2024, it would feature performances from three bands: A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Primus.
[9] Howerdel mentioned that its quick development had made it a challenge to prepare for live performance, compared to the band's usual songwriting process.
[9] Revolver described the song's sound as a "glacial, majestic bit of progressive gloomscaping" featuring "piano-and-symphony-string ambiance and percussively-anchored riffage".