MacNaghten, Shaw and Ford were formerly members of live breakbeat project King Rib, alongside MC Mr. Wrong and DJ Silver.

The US edition contained two bonus tracks, "The Tale of Willow Hill" and "Grey", that had previously been released in the UK as part of The Wisp and Watch It Glow EPs respectively.

The band remixed various tracks by other artists, including "Playgirl" by Ladytron, "AM/PM" by Appliance, "Destiny" by Zero 7, and "Papua New Guinea" by The Future Sound of London.

[citation needed] Ford is also in the baroque pop group The Last Shadow Puppets with Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner.

At the awards ceremony, fellow nominee Kanye West appeared on stage to complain about the Justice vs Simian victory.