label established in 1981, the album was initially made available as a download in digital MP3 format, with simple cover artwork depicting a cassette tape and text with the band's name readable as both "BANGS" and "BANGLES".

[1] It was eventually released in 2016 in physical formats by Omnivore Recordings on CD and LP,[2] with subsequent black and colored vinyl repressings in 2021 and 2022.

"The garage of my parents’ house was our musical laboratory, and we took all the flavors of our favorite bands and mixed up a concoction of jangly guitars, McCartney-inspired bass parts, grooves powered by punk energy, and harmonies galore!

Also included are three oddities the Bangs/Bangles recorded in 1982-83 (with original bassist Annette Zilinskas) that ended up on various-artists compilation albums - the surf instrumental "Bitchen Summer/Speedway" (first appearing on the Rodney On The ROQ Vol.

The band allowed the latter track to appear on the CD accompanying Gimarc's 1997 book Post Punk Diary 1980 - 1982.