The album was recorded hit-and-run style in a motor inn 35 miles north of Detroit with Simpson’s touring band. The goal, as he states, was to make “a sleazy, steamy rock ‘n’ roll record,” in effect providing an outlet for a couple of years of pent-up frustration. The relentless touring after his 2016 release, “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth,” kept Simpson away from his family to such an extent that he questioned his career choice.