"What Remains" was inspired in part by traditional murder ballads -- folk songs that tell haunting stories about true crimes of the past. Flannery O'Connor's short story "The River" also provided some inspiration. It was written and recorded during Charming Disaster's 2016 artist residency at Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology: crosshatch.org
The cover artwork is a painting by Julyan Davis, whose work is also inspired by the murder ballad tradition. See more at julyandavis.com