[2] The album's songs, along with 10 others that were not included on it, were recorded at Adam Landry's home studio Playground Sound in Nashville, Tennessee[1] over a week-long period.

[3] In March 2010, Middle Brother, then known as "MG&V", played their first show at SXSW, where they said they would release an album soon, depending on their bands' tour schedules.

[4] The album received mainly positive reviews from critics; for instance, Doug Freeman praised the way that "McCauley's caustic growl gets softened by the smoother tenors of Goldsmith and Vasquez.

"[12] Ken Tucker also reviewed the album favorably in an article written for NPR, in which he compared Middle Brother to Crosby, Stills and Nash – the collaboration between David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash that was originally conceived as a one-time collaboration.

Tucker stated that the similarities lie in how each member helps the other achieve a musical effect the other wants.