"I'm a huge fan of other songwriters, and this album is a way to reinterpret what they've done and lend my signature," Cardiff told the Queen's "Journal". "I've had a lot of requests from listeners who've attended shows over the past few years to put out an album like this, and all of the pieces of the project just fell together." "I'm very proud of how it ended up feeling like a cohesive show," he adds. "And it features musicians I love playing with—Paul Mathew on double bass, Les Cooper on Rhodes piano and guitar, Joel Stouffer on drums. It feels like a hug."