The album was conceived by Thomas Dutton and co-written by his brother Paul Dutton. The album also features Rudy Gajadhar of Gatsbys American Dream on drums.

The full album was released for streaming on the band's website on October 24, 2008, and was subsequently leaked via torrents that same day.

On November 29, 2012 there was a live performance at Joe's Pub which debuted a version of the musical with significant changes to the characters, songs, and storyline featured in the original album. Two new characters named Rivka and the Mysterious Man were introduced while all of the original characters were removed except Adakias, Nidria, The Oracle, and the King.

Writing for the album started in approximately January 2006, with Thomas Dutton writing and recording the first demo with then-guitarist Thomas Hunter. Dutton had originally envisioned the album as a side-project, without the involvement of drummer Andy Mannino and bassist Jesse Bauer. In the months that followed, Hunter, Mannino, and Bauer all quit the band due to personality conflicts, leaving Dutton as the sole member.

At this point, Dutton decided the album would be released under the Forgive Durden moniker and enlisted the help of his brother Paul, a music composition major who was still in school at the time. The brothers would collaborate on weekends while Paul was still in school, with Thomas writing and demoing their ideas during the week. Thomas drew much influence from musical films such as Moulin Rouge, Newsies, and many of Disney's animated musical films such as Aladdin.

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