Spending over a year deciding on producer David Kahne and waiting for him to become available,[5] Boucher did most of the pre-production for the album at her home studio, doing the guitar, bass guitar, electronic keyboard, lead vocals and backing vocals[6] Production for the album began on October 24, 2005.

[5][8] In February 2007, the album track "A Bitter Song" was used on the hit American television series Grey's Anatomy during a pivotal season arch, after which it was released as a single on iTunes.

[5][8] Boucher released the album with the original recordings[8] on June 2, 2009 digitally via her own imprint Situation Operation.

[14] The album was released on Compact Disc in stores worldwide on September 15, 2009 via Nettwerk Records.

Further tracks hosted on Butterfly's MySpace page during "Oops Days" that are off-cuts and do not feature on Scary Fragile: