In an interview with CityBeat, Toledo explained that due to his lack of resources, Twin Fantasy was unable to achieve the expansiveness he originally wanted, adding that, "it just never seemed like the book was closed on it".

Toledo's vocals were recorded separately by engineer Adam Stilson at Decade Music Studios in Chicago.

[4] On December 13, 2017, the band released a re-recorded version of "Beach Life-In-Death" digitally without prior announcement.

[7] On December 27, 2017, an Amazon listing detailing a re-recorded version of Twin Fantasy was found by fans, and subsequently uploaded to the Car Seat Headrest subreddit.

"[27] American Music journalist Robert Christgau gave the album an A−, stating that his favorite track was the shortest one, "Stop Smoking".