This album was recorded from May to August 2014 at the University of Southern Maine, with the exception of drum tracks for tracks 1, 3, 5 and 10, which were recorded at the Chapman House Barn in Portland, ME in July, 2013, and the whole of track 8, which was recorded at the University of Southern Maine in November, 2013. Hammond organ and Moog synth were recorded by Steve Drown at The Studio in Portland, Maine, during the summer of 2014.

With the exception of track 8, Dan Sonenberg plays all instruments and sings all backing vocals (on track 8, Jimmy Dority plays bass, Roy MacNeil plays viola, and Shannon Allen plays cello).

The bulk of recording was done in the immediate aftermath of the world premiere of The Summer King, Dan Sonenberg's full length opera on the life of Negro League baseball player Josh Gibson, which took place at Portland's Merrill Auditorium in May 2014.

First person note:
This is a collection of intensely personal songs, documenting a turbulent period in my life. It is not without some trepidation that I cast them out into the world, as for a good while I felt the inclination to hold them close to the vest.

During the 2013-14 academic year, I lived in a seasonal rental on Peaks Island, three miles off the coast of Portland, Maine, in a kind of exile from the world as I worked feverishly orchestrating my opera. When the opera was completed, I conceived of this album as a logical followup, and it became the project of my summer. Because money was tight, I did all the recording myself at the University of Southern Maine's digital music studio (even work study students are off for the summer!), venturing elsewhere only to record Moog synth and Hammond organ, which I didn't have on hand.

In the final stages of mixing I brought in Steve Drown, with whom I have worked on several projects, to correct my rookie mistakes and add a little zing to the work. We worked together for 15 hours, after which I made a few additional tweaks, and then sent the bundle off to Scott Crags for mastering.

In many ways this album was a long time coming. The oldest song, Resolution Time, was written in 2007, and the most recent, the title track, in 2014. Most of the songs were written over the last four years though. In a more cosmic sense, however, I have been preparing for this project for a lifetime - as I considered myself a singer-songwriter long before a "composer," and I never imagined my "debut" solo album would materialize so relatively late in my life. I hope you enjoy it.