[2][6] Liz Lehman created the Scary Jokes from their bedroom in New Jersey in 2014.
A Better Guide to Romance (2019), the latter being a concept album about a journalist contemplating their romantic relationship.
[1][3][non-primary source needed] In 2021, a version of April Fools, remixed and remastered by musician Angel Marcloid, was released on digital platforms, as well as on CD, vinyl, and cassette.
[2][8] Marcloid also co-produced the Scary Jokes' fourth album, Retinal Bloom.
[2][4][9] Retinal Bloom spawned the single "Our Murderous Descent", a song Lehman was inspired to write after standing near a large waterfall; during the songwriting process, Lehman tied the concept of standing up under the force of a waterfall to members of the LGBTQ community supporting each other in the face of hostility.