Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material for this record in the studio, and the album captures a number of first takes that takes them back to the stripped-down blues rock of their early days of Akron, OH basements. Auerback & Carney welcomed new collaborators Billy F. Gibbons, Greg Cartwright, and Angelo Petraglia to the sessions, marking the first time they've invited new contributors to work simultaneously on one of their own rekkids.