Singer/songwriter Derek Archambault is no stranger to the spotlight; he has spent the last six years on tour with progressive hardcore/punk band Defeater, and has had a solo project called Alcoa going for even longer. After countless years of keeping Alcoa on the backburner, this project saw the light of day in 2012 with the full-length debut release, Bone & Marrow. In early spring of 2012, Derek started recording the Alcoa full-length in and around Portsmouth, NH, with Aaron Neveu. Jay Maas of Getaway Recording (also of Defeater, coincidentally), helmed the recording of the vocal tracks and mastering.