 The union of Jester, Aaron Hubbard, Nate Taylor, and Barrett Mullins made up Driving East at the height of their popularity in the mid-to-late 2000s.Producer Matt Squire, who worked with the band on "A Black Eye or a Broken Heart", said of the band, "Many people try to write songs to get them on the radio but with Driving East what you’re hearing is what comes naturally to them.