Despise You were offered by Relapse Records and Agoraphobic Nosebleed to do a split, and thusso they took 6 months to write material and record.<ref name="BTS"/> The Despise You side was recorded at 818 Studios with the help of Paul Fig, and it was mixed at the studio Black Korea. The Agoraphobic Nosebleed side was recorded at Visceral Sound, with vocals being tracked at Zing Recording at [[Westfield, Massachusetts]]. The cover art, depicting a drive-by aftermath in East Los Angeles,<ref name="BTS"/> was taken by photographer Joseph Rodriguez. The song "3/26/00" was written about Chris Elder's daughter.<ref name="LAW">{{cite web|last1=Pell (2012-03-29)|first1=Nicholas|title=Despise You Are More Hardcore Than Hardcore|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/despise-you-are-more-hardcore-than-hardcore-2174446|website=laweekly.com|publisher=LA Weekly|accessdate=2017-04-30}}</ref>
