[11] On April 10, 2013, the album was reissued in a deluxe physical edition,[12] featuring their three most recent singles "Hope", "The King of Silence", and "Let These Words Last Forever" as well as a DVD of tour footage, interviews and live performance segments.

On June 22, the first single "Mis//Understanding" surfaced through Equal Vision' official YouTube channel.

"Mis//Understanding" was released as an official single on iTunes on July 5, 2011, which included "Understanding What We've Grown To Be" as a bonus track.

[15] On July 14, 2011, the album's cover art was released via puzzle on the band's homepage.

According to Equal Vision, "musically and lyrically, Understanding What We've Grown to Be holds a much darker tone than their previous release, To Plant a Seed.

While still maintaining the band’s overall theme of positivity and brotherhood, the new material takes on a more straightforward approach to life’s struggles and the challenges of growing up.

Guitarist/lyricist Joshua Moore and bassist Andrew Glass worked together to come up with the visual concept for the cover and then collaborated with Romano to bring the powerful imagery to life.

Moore explains that the idea for the piece was developed long before the album was even completed stating, "We knew going into everything what the direction of the CD was going to be, the whole concept behind it and how we wanted to be portrayed as a band."