This is the only recording by the band to feature bass player Michael Cavendish before he was replaced by Glenn Esmond.
"Take It Away" was issued as a single and received high rotation, particularly from national youth radio station, Triple J.
The Butterfly Effect formed in Brisbane in 1999 by drummer Ben Hall, guitarist Kurt Goedhart and a few schoolmates.
[1] They released their self-titled debut six-track extended play in late 2001.
[2] Jason Ankeny of AllMusic described how "[it] quickly entered steady rotation on the influential Aussie radio outlet Triple J and eventually sold in excess of 10,000 copies.