It is the band's first album not released by a major record label; it appeared on the band's own label, Tapemodern, and Mark Ronson's Allido Records in the UK.
Hossain reads a fake news story at the end of the Duran Duran song “The Man Who Stole a Leopard” and performs the voice of the satellite navigation on “Blame the Machines”, both from the band’s 2010 album All You Need Is Now.