A makeshift recording rig was set up in the living room of the duo Penny & Sparrow's shared home, where they began work shopping song after song. Over the course of that summer, while their wives bustled around the microphone during sessions, the bones of the record were set. The original plan was to listen to the rough tracks and eventually redo everything cleaner. That desire changed though as they fell in love with the honest sounds of cooking, old door hinges, silverware clinking, and the rest of their Alabama home noise.