▁Angeles ▁with ▁Greg ▁Kur st in ▁and ▁Hot ▁Ch ip ' s ▁Joe ▁God d ard ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁While ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁she ▁spent ▁two ▁days ▁recording ▁with ▁Red One . ▁Following ▁the ▁BBC ▁Sound ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁poll , ▁which ▁Little ▁Bo ots ▁won , ▁her ▁record ▁label , ▁management ▁and ▁A & R ▁team ▁scheduled ▁recording ▁sessions ▁with ▁Dr . ▁Luke . ▁These ▁sessions , ▁however , ▁never ▁took ▁place . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Little ▁Bo ots ▁began ▁to ▁compile ▁the ▁album ' s ▁track ▁listing , ▁a ▁difficult ▁process ▁for ▁the ▁singer , ▁who ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁" cut ting ▁a ▁lim b ▁off ". ▁ ▁The ▁album ' s ▁title ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁song ▁" Hand s ". ▁In cluded ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁a ▁hidden ▁track , ▁its ▁lyr ics ▁tell ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁person ▁with ▁a ▁broken ▁heart ▁who ▁tries ▁des per ately ▁to ▁m end ▁it . ▁The ▁album ▁cover ▁for ▁H ands ▁was ▁" in sp ired ▁by ▁old ▁Ital o ▁covers ▁like ▁Patrick ▁Cow ley ▁and ▁Am anda ▁Lear ▁that ▁have ▁lots ▁of ▁space ▁and ▁fant asy ▁them es ." ▁According ▁to ▁Little ▁Bo ots , ▁the ▁art work ▁is ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁and ▁the ▁present , ▁a ▁reflection ▁of ▁the ▁musical ▁styles ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁album . ▁ ▁Com position ▁ ▁" New ▁in ▁Town ", ▁the ▁album ' s ▁opening ▁track , ▁was ▁inspired