According to her biography on her official MySpace page: "The Graduate has piano-driven songs high on happy pills, woozy electronics and beefed up bass.

The album was self-produced and recorded in the North London studio she shares with her husband, Grammy-nominated producer Andrew Chatterley.

The lead single from the album was "Real Late Starter", released on download and limited edition 7" vinyl on 28 September 2009.

Bolstered by a TV performance on The Alan Titchmarsh Show and several radio appearances, the song peaked at #29 on the UK Airplay Chart in October 2009.

This single featured Pallot's cover of Lily Allen's "The Fear", and despite not charting officially, it peaked at #30 on the UK Airplay Chart in March 2010 - becoming Pallot's sixth successive UK Airplay Top 30 hit after "All Good People" (#21, August 2005), "Everybody's Gone to War" (#3, May 2006), "Sophia" (#12, October 2006), "Learning to Breathe" (#22, January 2007), and "Real Late Starter" (#29, October 2009).