Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokukhululwa kwecwecwe labo elitsha, iqela labantu base-indie NgoDisemba uyaqhubeka nokukhupha iingoma ezininzi kunokuba iza kuba yicwecwe lakhe lesixhenxe lestudiyo, 'Liliphi Ihlabathi Elibi, Elinjani Ihlabathi Elihle'. Kwiintsuku zamva nje, iqela elivela ePortland (USA) likhuphe ingoma entsha, 'Unyaka Ongalunganga', isisikwa esisisihlandlo sesithathu secwecwe elitsha, emva kokukhululwa kweengoma ezithi 'Make You Better', kunye nelinye. eye yatyhila ukukhutshwa kwecwecwe elitsha, kunye neLake Song, elakhutshwa ekuqaleni kukaDisemba.
Ukuqhubela phambili kwecwecwe elitsha, iqela laseMelika kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo likhuphe ividiyo ye 'Kukwenza ubengcono', ikliphu yosasazo apho iqela libonisa umdlali owaziwayo uNick Offerman (Iipaki kunye noLonwabo), odlala umdlalo ohlekisayo weprogram yaseJamani, owathi ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe ubuza inkokeli yeqela imibuzo ephambeneyo , Colin Meloy.
Iveliswe ngumdibanisi weqela, uTucker Martine, kwaye yakhululwa yiCapitol kunye neRough Trade labels, icwecwe elitsha. 'Elinjani Libi Ihlabathi, Elinjani Lihle Ilizwe' Umhla wokuphehlelelwa kwayo ngowe-19 kaJanuwari, kwaye iqela likwayiqinisekisile imihla eliqela yokhenketho lokubonisa, oluya kuqala ngoFebruwari, kwaye lizakukhenketha izixeko ezahlukeneyo kuMntla Merika naseYurophu.