Writing for "Fetch" began in late 2010, and the demos were "almost done" by March 2011. However, production was postponed after the Tohoku earthquake and the aftermath of the subsequent meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, for both practical and personal reasons. Although both members said that their everyday lives were not majorly impacted, Onuki "felt something had been changed in [her] mind", while Agata "could not concentrate writing music in the same manner [he] used to". An American tour had been planned to promote a then-upcoming album, but because of the delay, it was instead done without an accompanying album. Agata credited the two-month tour to helping him get his mind off of Japan. Melt-Banana returned to the studio in the winter of 2012 and finished the album by May 2013.