Jones began his music career in 1997, playing his first public performances at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, Georgia.

Produced by Neilson Hubbard, the album was a departure from his folk/Americana sound, instead moving toward pop rock.

Crash, Boom, Bang was a collection of songs either that did not make the cut on Swallow the Sea or were not finished enough to be included.

[3] According to American Songwriter, the album was funded through Kickstarter[4] by fans and was inspired by high art and philosophy, such as "Vincent van Gogh's letters to his brother, Theo van Gogh; Federico García Lorca's idea of Duende (a heightened sense of emotion, expression, and authenticity in music), and the writings of Persian poet and philosopher Rumi.

[citation needed] In 2019, Jones's 2016 single "Living in the Shadows" was used in "Beyond the Aquila Rift", the seventh episode in the first season of the Netflix adult animated anthology web television series, Love, Death & Robots.