Last year, Whirr headlined a tour with the Philadelphia group and fellow admirers of heaviness and harmony, Nothing. Not only did the crews become fast friends, but their respective founders Whirr's Nick Bassett and Nothing's Dominic Palermo decided to start a group of their own, Death of Lovers. When the shared tour was finished, Bassett headed to Philadelphia for a month of writing and recording. He never really left. He calls Philadelphia home now, so Whirr has become a bi-coastal band.