 The album was in the top ten of several year-end lists by publications such as "Newsweek", ABC News, "PopMatters", "Stereogum", The Ringer, and "Billboard", and landed at number 42 on "The Village Voice"s annual Pazz & Jop poll.All of the songs for "Guppy" were written over the course of four years.Charly Bliss recorded the first version of the album in early 2015, a month after Shure joined the group, and it was produced and engineered by Justin Pizzoferrato.