[6][7][8] In 2021, Dawson released Henki, a collaborative album, made with the Finnish band Circle, which was lyrically influenced by "botanists and plants".

"[11] Dawson grew up in Newcastle and became interested in singing as a child, attempting to emulate American singers such as Faith No More's Mike Patton.

Dawson has also performed in the groups Hot Fog with Mike Vest (Bong)[citation needed], Moon with Ben Jones and Sarah Sullivan (Jazzfinger), and played a handful of shows on guitar with Khunnt.

For The Glass Trunk, he searched the Tyne and Wear Archives catalogue for "death" and took inspiration from old news stories involving murder and bodily harm.

[3][16] The track "The Vile Stuff" from Nothing Important describes a continuous narrative of events, including one where Dawson pierced his hand with a screwdriver attempting to crack a coconut shell while on a school trip.