The Spinto Band was originally formed as recording project by college students in Wilmington, Delaware in 1996.

Frontman Nick Krill describes being inspired to form the band after stumbling upon unused song lyrics penned by his grandfather, Roy Spinto, on the back of Cracker Jack boxes.

The song was also featured as the soundtrack to a TV commercial for Sears, the payment for which funded the band's first European tour.

[5] Preorders of the album were accompanied with a 7-inch single that coupled the band original "Franco Prussian" with a cover of The Motors 1978 UK hit "Airport."

The four-song release contained three original songs and a cover of Ary Barroso's 1939 South American hit "Brazil."