The band recorded the album between Spring and Winter 1995 at the London studio Apollo 8 Studios in Merritt Island and Sally Birthday House Studios, a studio of an unknown location described as simply being "somewhere." Jon Poole recalled that "Jim and Jane's" house was a location for recording." Although the band have a status as a cult band, during recording, the band opened for Blur at Mile End Stadium and recorded a Radio 1 live session with Mark Radcliffe, which aired 24 April 1995, and a "Lunchtime Acoustic Session" broadcast live on GLR Radio on 16 May 1995. To fill the increasing gap between Cardiacs releases as "Sing to God" was not yet finished, a live album recorded in Salisbury in 1990, "All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest", was released in 1995 to satisfy fans.