"His production suits the chaos of our songwriting so well...he's got a childlike energy that is really contagious, when you get a piece of music that he loves, Oh my God, he's bouncing like a little boy," Charles Spearin says, adding, "There's a different kind of honesty in this record. We've had success, we've lost friends, we've lost parents, we're at this 'what happens next?' stage in life."