In August 2008, vocalist Sean Smith said the band had written six new songs, and were aiming to record a new album later in the year.

[10] They recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Alameda, Texas with producer Jason Perry; he and Mike Morgan served as engineers.

They were not happy with the way it sounded, but Producer Jason Perry thought it resembled a song of his own, which he had written with friend and former bandmate Dan P Carter, and was initially given to the band "Area" that they were both working with, it was titled "Robot".

Both song ideas were put together to produce "Save Our Selves (The Warning)", which ended up being the band's most commercial single from the album.

The studio recording features vocals from the Year 6 class of Herolgerrig Primary School, Merthyr Tydfil, where the band is from.

[24] The video features Josh Franceschi of You Me at Six, as well as members of Kids in Glass Houses and Young Guns.

[28] They played at Download Festival in June,[29] before headlining the Rock Sound Cave stage at GuilFest in July.