The album was recorded at Rare Book Room Studio inBrooklyn, with producer Nicolas Vernhes, who also producedMicrocastleandRainwater Cassette Exchange.

The album’s title is a reference to lead singer Bradford Coxs obsessive traits.According to Lockett Pundt and Cox,Pierre Schaeffer,Steve Reich, andBo Diddleywere major influences on the album, along with the artists such asRamonesandRicky Nelson. Bradford Cox noted, “I can’t hold a match to that stuff and I never will. I’ll never be black, I’ll never have that experience. That’s what’s missing from indie culture, though: Bo Diddley and blackness. There’s a struggle that exists in black music and hillbilly music from a certain era. Old music resonates with me, new music doesn’t.”Cox also described the album as “a veryavant-garderock & rollrecord”

Track listing
All songs written and composed byBradford Coxexcept for“The Missing”written byLockett Pundt.

1.”Neon Junkyard” 2:52
2.”Leather Jacket II” 3:09
3.”The Missing” 3:41
4.”Pensacola” 4:00
5.”Dream Captain” 3:02
6.”Blue Agent” 3:30
7.”T.H.M.” 4:19
8.”Sleepwalking” 3:08
9.”Back to the Middle” 2:37
10.”Monomania” 5:19
11.”Nitebike” 4:17
12.”Punk (La Vie Antrieure)”