Nomeansno toured extensively behind their 2006 album All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt.

After a break from activity, bassist and principal songwriter Rob Wright recorded a batch of new demo songs on ProTools.

[1] The songs entailed a turn away from the pop-punk influence of Ausfahrt, an album written in large part by drummer John Wright, and a revisiting of the dark and brooding sound of previous albums, including Why Do They Call Me Mr.

Writing for The Georgia Straight, Allan MacInnis praised the EP for its experimentation but assessed the results as mixed.

"[1] A critic writing for Van Music called the album the "perfect follow-up" to All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt and praised Nomeansno for their longevity and ability to "adapt, change, and somehow remain the same.