"Kinsella worked with an array of Chicago heavyweights including the prolific poet Marvin Tate, multi-instrumentalist (& former Wilco member) LeRoy Bach and singer-songwriter Angel Olsen for "almost two years" to record the eponymously titled LP, released by Joyful Noise Recordings.Kinsella is the album's narrator, walking the line between judgment and sympathy, and shepherding all of the characters through their various struggles.