As they played in various small clubs in Chicago, The Dirty Rooks began receiving notice as a classic blues-rock revival group similar to The Black Crowes.

Andrew Price replaced Peterson on bass, and original drummer Nate Urbansky returned to finish recording a new studio album, The Camel, the band's fourth.

The Dirty Rooks have played with well-known acts like The Steepwater Band, The Waco Brothers, Jon Langford, Lez Zeppelin,[1] Foghat, and Blue Öyster Cult.

It was the second time The Dirty Rooks recorded with producer Mike Hagler (Wilco, Neko Case), along with Jon Langford (Waco Brothers, The Mekons), and James Elkington (The Zincs, The Horse's Ha).

[14] The topical progression of the songs on the album form an narrative arc moving from self-defeating selfishness (Death in the Afternoon; Slow) to self-actualization through empathy (Popular; When It's Love/And It's Love).

It marks the band's most political music to date, with songs critical of Donald Trump and Trumpism, the dehumanizing effects of personal technology, and the erosion of social bonds by modern individualism and late capitalism.