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Fray intentionally wanted to work with someone within the members' age range; he met Cross while at a party, who inquired about what new material the band had. Four days later, the artwork was revealed, showing a woman in front of cooling towers, wearing sunglasses with a reflection of a horse in them. In December 2013, the band toured across the UK to close out the year, after which they went on hiatus.

The album's closing song "Here Come the Young Men" features guitar riffs in the style of the Vaccines. It peaked at number six in the UK Albums Chart; out of its three singles, "You Overdid It Doll" reached the highest at number 24 in the United Kingdom.Fray described the final artwork as attempting to "convey that kind of elegance but a bit more industrial". Fray told him about "Lose Control" and "Welcome to the Rave", by which Cross was interested based on the descriptions Fray had given him. Push Yourself" is reminiscent of the disco-rock direction of Two Door Cinema Club and Franz Ferdinand. Fray broke his ankle on New Year's Day 2012, tearing ligaments in the process, resulting in him needing four months to recover.

The album reached number six in the United Kingdom, number seven in Scotland and number 85 in Ireland. He explained that the material on Falcon were written as acoustic songs, whereas for the new material, he was "building [them] up and getting drum beats and bass parts down" prior to them entering a studio. In December 2012, the band played another one-off show in Manchester, this time at the Manchester Arena, with support from the View, and at XFM's Winter Wonderland radio festival.They played a few shows in 2011, spending most of the year working on their next album, debuting some new songs in the process. Fray became aware of Joseph Cross from his production work on Happiness (2010) by Hurts, as well as Cross' own material under the moniker Performance. BBC Music's Natalie Hardwick noted that the album was "strategic in its experimentation, but represents a fairly dramatic departure from its makers’ brand, so hats off to that". After frontman Liam Fray broke his ankle, he re-listened to the material they had up to that point and felt they could be improved on. It has been two years since Courteeners last album Falcon, which charted at number 6 and followed the bands number 4 debut album St Jude.

Following a meeting with Joseph Cross, he was enlisted to produce the band's next album; sessions were held at 80 Hertz Studios. The pair later met up and discussed various topics, before eventually talking about what the band wanted from their next album. The touring cycle for the album concluded by December 2010; frontman Liam Fray said the band would take a brief break before starting to work on their next album. The band toured the UK shortly afterwards; "Van Der Graaff" was released as the album's second single in May 2013. The song was released as the album's second single on 6 May 2013; the seven-inch vinyl edition featured a live version of "Last of the Ladies" as its B-side, while the digital download version included "Let Down Your Guard" and a remix of "Van Der Graaff".We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres.