[4][5] In late 2006 the band - consisting of Rob, Pennie, Frost and Iwan were reported to be preparing new material for their upcoming NME Indie Rock tour.

[6] In late December 2006 it was revealed that the band had been in the studio, and had recorded two new untitled songs which were intended for release after the NME tour as a single.

This single, whilst fully recorded and ready to go, was for unknown reasons never released, however the songs featured were revealed to be "Steve McQueen" and "Revolution".

[9][10] A month after the departure of Alex Pennie in October 2007, former yourcodenameis:milo frontman Paul Mullen was revealed to be joining the band as a second guitarist, vocalist and synthesizer player.

[12][13] On 4 November 2007 guitarist James Frost posted onto YouTube a studio video of the band recording, previewing such songs as "Magazines" and "In This World" in the demoing stage.

[16] Five weeks into recording, with the album close to completion, the band decided they were unhappy with the progression of the sessions, and ultimately stopped working with Gilmore.

[13] Walker, along with Chris T-T and Frank Turner recorded with the band on "Steve McQueen", providing gang vocals and extra percussion.

[21] There are however some recurring themes - although they were not intentional; espionage and being lied and manipulated to by the media and government appear frequently [20] Tracks which deal with deceptions, and specially target certain bodies include "Responsible Citizen" which addresses the government's policies on drinking, "Magazines" is written about the band's experiences with the press and how the media can manipulate its audience.

"Steve McQueen" wraps up themes from the first album - with the band's experience of growing up and returning to their home but no longer feeling a part of it.

"Sleepwalking" is specifically about Jan Grzebski - a Polish man who awoke from his coma after 19 years in 2007 and the change that occurred while he was unconscious.

"Light Entertainment" was initially titled "Seven Eight" because of its time signature, "This Ship" was known as "Paul Harris" - the man responsible for signing the band to Polydor/B-Unique.

This stemmed from the idea of making people think about whether it is something that has been deliberately removed, or whether it's covering something up, tying in with the album's themes of media manipulation.

The re-recording of "Steve McQueen", with Paul Mullen replacing Pennie, premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on 7 July 2008, with the music video being released the day after.

At Glastonbury NME, XFM and The Telegraph all ran short videos, in the form of interviews and acoustic performances of "Steve McQueen".

[33] In August 2008 Rock Sound magazine ran an interview with the band in talking about the upcoming release, and what to expect, Kerrang!

[42] Drowned in Sound reviewer Mike Haydock was not as enthusiastic, stating; "This Is a Fix may be good enough to save their bacon, but only just", criticising some of Rob Hawkins lyrics in "Bad Guy" and "This Ship".

[43] Trevor Baker of Rock Sound magazine also wrote highly of the album, giving it 8/10, saying "they appear to have gone into studio with the intention of making a record that doesn't let energy levels drop for even a second.

"[40] Emma Johnston of Kerrang magazine praised the band's comeback; "The melodies are relentless, almost pop in places, thanks to an underlying disco groove, arty and complex elsewhere.

[44] Alex Lai of Contact Music stated "Casting their net further than would have been expected actually sees The Automatic producing their best results", positively speaking of the album, also writing "Certainly there is nothing here which will be anywhere near as prolific as "Monster" at uniting the masses, but that may be the trade that has to be made in order to establish themselves as a serious rock act - and this is a decent start to doing that.

[47] "Steve McQueen", "Magazines", "In The Mountains", "Bad Guy" and "Secret Police" were produced in Los Angeles by Butch Walker.

"Responsible Citizen", "Accessories", "This Is A Fix", "Sleepwalking", "Make The Mistakes" and "Light Entertainment" were recorded in Cardiff's Warwick Hall studio by Richard Jackson.