Bret Vogel cranked the majority of these lo-fi jangle pop tunes out in 2 months. Recorded between a 4 track and a laptop, these songs sat on Vogel's hard drive for a few months before he decided anyone ought to hear them.

Largely a creative experiment, Incredible Yacht Control tracks are usually comprised of first takes with as little second guessing as possible. Ideas are used without concern for innovation or imitation. Lyrics were written often times stream of conscious, and other times simply by cutting up and pasting together sections of science fiction books.