[1] During the creation of The Black Light and unlike the band's previous albums, the lyrics were written first and then put to music.

[2] Vocalist Katie White and drummer Julian De Martino initially recorded demos in Spain, with an indie rock sound styled after their heroes The Smiths and The Cure but were unhappy with this as they felt it was unrepresentative of their musical intentions for the project.

They moved to Los Angeles where they built another new studio, rearranging the songs and re-recording some of the material before finding the resulting sound they searched for.

[3] The album was released on vinyl and digitally, but did not feature a CD version in both the band’s native UK and US.

[9] The Black Light received mixed reviews from music critics and less media coverage compared to the band's previous albums.