[2] It was when he met Liam Gallagher in 2017 with the prospect of writing songs for the former Oasis and Beady Eye singer that Wilson found inspiration for Semisonic again.

Over the next two years, Wilson's bandmates John Munson and Jacob Slichter would record the new material during a couple of sessions at his house in Los Angeles.

[2][3] In July 2019, Semisonic gave live debuts to the new songs "You’re Not Alone", "Basement Tapes" and "All It Would Take" at two shows they played in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.

Star Tribune music critic Chris Riemenschneider called it “as radio-ready as 'Closing Time,' the kind of hook-filled pop confection at which Wilson excels, with a stirring, consoling message for the current rocky times.”[2] Follow-up single “Basement Tapes” was released to radio on September 18, 2020, the same day as the EP release.

Riemenschneider called it “a blazingly catchy and colorful rocker that could be about the nascent days of any rock band.”[2] Rolling Stone's review declared You're Not Alone “returns to the trio’s blend of winsome melodies, power-chord guitars and largely angst-free lyrics.” In the Minneapolis Star Tribune, music critic Chris Riemenschneider wrote, “The collection sounds as timeless musically as it does right-on-time lyrically.