 As specified in the brief liner notes, "Roadrunner" was recorded in San Francisco by Nat Gleason, "Drunken Spree" was recorded in Chicago by Steve Albini (who produced Pajo's previous band Slint's first album, Tweez), "I Am Not Lonely With Cricket" was recorded in London by Stereolab's Tim Gane, and all other tracks were recorded at Velvetone Music Studio in Louisville, KY, pre-mastered by Konrad Strauss at Chicago Recording Company, and mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios.The image on the mostly black-background cover is a photograph, taken by Valery Yakushev, of a portion of a wall in the "Park Of Culture" subway station in Moscow.Concerning the songs that bookend the album, a few places share their name with the title of both songs, "Arundel".