The band continued to tour with new drummer Claudio Rivera over the ensuing year while writing new material for a sixth album.

The group lived together at the studio and completed its recording process in 14 days, the band's shortest time spent on an album.

Upon its release, Panic Stations attracted positive reviews from music critics, but it debuted low on the charts in the U.S. and Australia.

[3] Go received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, and it charted much lower than the group's prior releases at number 45 on the Billboard 200.

[4] The band enlisted longtime friend Claudio Rivera of Saves the Day as the group's new drummer,[5] and released a one-off single with him, "Inside Out", in celebration.

[6][7] The band embarked on a tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Commit This to Memory between January and February 2015, playing the album in its entirety.

[10] Pachyderm, a studio best known for recording artists such as PJ Harvey, Superchunk, and, most famously, Nirvana's In Utero (1993), was in a state of disrepair for many years.

[15] Colin McGuire of PopMatters characterized the music as a "burst of energy," noting that "There's an assurance here that hasn't been present on the band's previous sets, and at the end of the day, it has provided an essential layer to a rock formula that needed forward movement to survive in the first place.

"[16] Jonathan Diener of Alternative Press deemed it their "most straightforward release," commenting, "Although the lovable weirdness seems absent this time around, fans will be in for a solid and consistent rock album from start to finish.