[1] Greg Malcolm and Chad Mossholder went to the same high school in Cleveland, Ohio, when they began making music together.
[3] Commenting on the delay, Malcolm stated, "After four years, I felt personally hopeless about the release and lost faith basically in the entire indie-electronic music business.
[3] Both men were also busy with their personal careers in the interim, though they continued writing and recording new material, and have a large collection of unpublished music.
[4] Mark Richardson of Allmusic said that the duo "combine samples, digitally generated tones, and processed instruments into an electronic mix that defies easy categorization.
"[4] Mossholder said of their collaborative style, "We create a common virtual space where we can deposit ideas, sounds, song fragments, and sometimes complete thoughts.