[8][9] On a budget of $1,500, the album was recorded and co-produced with Kris Crummett at Interlace Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon, from April to May 2003, while the band members were still in high school.

A music video was released for the song "The 20th Century Was Entirely Mine".

Drowned in Sound wrote that "this debut is far from the fully-realised final product, but as blueprints for future releases go, it's pretty special.

"[4] All music written by Fear Before the March of Flames.

Piano written by Adam Fisher and Kris Crummett.