fasel claimed the band "incorporated a lot more like, “emo” aspects and sometimes more “aggressive” aspects and sometimes “slower” aspects." as a result, fasel was "a lot more nervous" what the reaction to this experimentation was going to be. all of the album's lyrics were written by fasel. originally, fasel had kept the lyrics on his phone, which more than half of was accidentally deleted. the longer fasel "thought about it i was just really glad that happened". on january 20, 2014 the band announced they had finished writing material for their debut album.