 The album is named after the collection of short stories by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño.The Leaf Label described the album as "a dizzying, continent-hopping voyage, darker and heavier than its predecessor".In an interview, bandleader Peter Wareham explained, "The need to dance is still there but now I’m feeling inspired by the idea of the city as a prism through which all kinds of global influences pass...Translation, immigration, overcoming obstacles - and most of all, human unity."