It was intended to be the follow-up to their successful major-label debut, The Madding Crowd from 2000.

The release date of the album was repeatedly delayed by Epic Records's 550 Music until the band was ultimately dropped.

The band has also put the whole album on their official website for the public to download.

[1][2] The band retained the rights in early 2006 and released the album on iTunes and Amazon for mp3 download.

Singer John Hampson wrote on the band's website of these recordings: Also released was a second set of demos.