Following the 2005 release of its first full-length album Turn It Up Faggot, Deerhunter began recording material for its next record at Rare Book Room studio in New York.
Tras o lanzamento en 2005 do seu álbum de estrea Turn It Up Faggot, Deerhunter comezou a gravar material para o seu seguinte traballo no estudio Rare Book Room de Nova York.