After playing a show at the venue "Ziggy's By The Sea" in Wilmington, North Carolina the group did an interview with The Baltimore Sun and talked about the band's place over the course of the past year.

[1] The band went on to say that the change in singers was a fresh start for both Hinder and Austin John, and that they are searching for another hit song as big as "Lips of an Angel".

[1] Also announced during the interview with the Baltimore Sun the band confirmed the group would release a then-untitled acoustic EP and a full-length studio album with all new original material.

[3] In mid December 2016, the band shared a picture of singer Marshal Dutton and drummer Cody Hanson with the caption "Just taking a nice break from working on the album in Nicaragua!".

[4] In February 2017, Dutton and Hanson entered the studio with songwriter/producer Sam Brown II to add some finishing touches to the album.