The album was announced in 2007 by the band's website. Their third album on their own label Peatbog Records, it was first released on 22 June 2007 on the band's website and from festivals the band were playing at. It was then released commercially on 16 July 2007. The album features a new logo for the band, marking the end of the band using their previous logo of seven years. The CD release was also released with a transparent CD tray, a first for the band, and the booklet and cover photographs were photographed by their percussionist Iain Copeland. The album title is a quote from writer Derek Cooper, taken from his 1983 book "Skye". An excerpt from the book about faeries, which concludes with the quote, feature in the album's liner notes.