Following the release of the album, Marling revealed that she only listened to "music made between 1969 and 1972" during the songwriting process for the album and described it as an era when "guitar was becoming a kind of masculine extension".
Following the album's release, Marling stated that she only drew inspiration from "music created during the late 1960s and early 1970s" during the songwriting process for the album and described it as an era when "guitar playing became a masculine trait".