[5] After the Don Giovanni release of You Look a Lot Like Me in 2015, Blum began touring nationally with a band, contributing to what critics called a "more developed but still gritty, punk" sound.

[16] Blum signed a publishing deal with Terrorbird Media seemingly during this same time period [17] and began contributing music to other tv and film projects.

Upon co-writing with other artists on the roster, he forged a connection with Kyle Andrews and together the two worked remotely during the pandemic on a collection of 6 songs that would ultimately become the EP "Ain't it Nice.

Thematically, writer Mel Woods described the EP as a dust-covered collection of tracks that wouldn’t sound out of place in a wayward diner off the side of the highway.

Drawing inspiration from John Prine, Bruce Springsteen and others, Blum has crafted a record steeped in pandemic loneliness and the messiness of queer and trans masculinity.