The collection of repolished outtakes was first mentioned in February 2008 when Rolling Stone conducted a short interview with frontman Isaac Brock in their "Smoking Section" column;[12] however, no other news regarding its release surfaced until an entire year later.

The first single, "Satellite Skin / Guilty Cocker Spaniels", was planned to be released on April 18 in celebration of Record Store Day,[13] but was pushed back to May 26 because Isaac Brock didn't like the color of the vinyl, as it wasn't the right shade of orange.

[14] Kevin Willis, who previously contributed artwork to drummer Jeremiah Green's side project Vells, directed the video for "Satellite Skin".

[15] Before his death in January 2008, Heath Ledger had started working on a music video for "King Rat".

Later that year, Bent Image Lab director Nando Costa created a video for "The Whale Song", utilizing stop-motion animation.