This album was actually a co-release with Ethan Johns' Three Crows label. Having recently toured as support to Tori Amos in London and America during 2014 they were keen to make a new album promptly. Shortly before embarking on the tour they had done a run of shows with Ethan Johns (famous for producing albums by Laura Marling, Ryan Adams, The Kings Of Leon and Paul McCartney). Bonding over damp distributor caps, click starter-motors and faulty switches, they became firm friends. In February 2015, the duo travelled to Ethan's home studio in Wiltshire and began recording Expatriot.