[1] Following the release of the band's fourth single "I Don't Have the Heart for This" in December 2008, Kid Canaveral parted company with their original drummer Dan Sheehy.

In between appointing Scott McMaster as the permanent fourth member, the group embarked on a UK tour with Clark Geddes behind the drums, before starting to work on what would become Shouting At Wildlife.

During the second half of 2010, the band toured the UK extensively and played a number of festivals and recorded a live session for BBC Radio Scotland in support of the album.

Kid Canaveral completed a short tour of the United States in March 2011 including a number of shows at the SxSW festival in Austin, Texas.

The album received universally positive reviews, with The Skinny describing Shouting at Wildlife as "a thrilling, uplifting and generally all-round spiffing combination of indie-pop skills, lyrical wit, and choruses sung through smiles"[4] and The List praised the record for being "packed with singalong melodies, frisky jangles and a real sense of purpose.