Das von Matt Bayles (Minus The Bear, Mastodon, Mono) produzierte Album stellt einen Wendepunkt für das Bostoner Quintett dar, nicht nur, dass sie sich zum ersten Mal einem externen Produzenten anvertraut haben, auch inhaltlich und klanglich haben sie mit WAKING SEASON ein Paket geschnürt, dass die musikalischen Grenzen ein weiteres Mal ausdehnt. Feiner und doch breitwandiger, ausgewogen, stringent und trotzdem meilenweit vom Mainstream entfernt, bleiben sie sich und ihrer Linie des Unberechenbaren treu. Selbst Vocals dürfen kein Tabu sein. "We wanted to shake things up and work in a different type of environment - the kind of environment where it wasn't just us calling the shots all the time. Working with someone who had the credibility to challenge the way we heard the songs outside of our own bubbles was extremely important to us for this record. Matt (Bayles) has a way of pulling the pieces together to make them sound crystal clear, sharp and balanced without removing any raw energy from a track. Working with him was a humbling and enlightening experience and we feel like it really benefited the album," said Jamieson.??"We've never been dogmatically opposed to vocals and have always wanted to incorporate them. We approached experimenting with vocals on Waking Season like we would with any other instrument and found that some of the songs benefited from the presence of a human voice."