It was released on January 29, 2008, by Kill Rock Stars, and shares its title with the Martin Chalmers translation of Elfriede Jelinek's 1975 novel Die Liebhaberinnen.

[9] The first track, "I Do What I Want When I Want", was released on December 11 via Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast",[10] and is also available free of charge from Kill Rock Stars' webstore.

[11] The release through the iTunes Store includes seven exclusive bonus tracks, whilst 500 limited edition copies were packaged with a DVD called "What's Your Problem?

", containing four tour films, 100 photos, and sixteen music videos.

"You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead" contains additional lyrics by Angela Seo.