It was released in the United States and Canada in June 2006 through Bar/None Records and in the UK in March 2007 through Smalltown America.

[1] Several tracks from the album, including "Breakfast in NYC" and "Allen Died April 5", were recorded in O'Reilly's home in Belfast.

[2] Belfast DJ David Holmes loaned the band some additional recording equipment.

[3] The band was also joined by Tim Wheeler of the Northern Irish alternative group Ash.

In a review for Drowned in Sound, Francis Jones called the album "pithy and precise", and observed that the "honeyed vocals and saccharine-slathered synth" belie the lyrical themes of heartache.