Synthetic Socks has been played on NTS in shows including The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley, featured first on 7 August 2024. Songs played include Investigating Tornadoes.

Aaron Freeman sent Teenbeat two cassettes of material to Teenbeat over a six-month span. Aaron and Mark Robinson selected their favorites from the two for this album.

From the liner notes by Aaron Freeman: 'Sprouted out of deep psychological problems and blossomed into a young virgin sound just waiting to be heard. It's all recorded in my bedroom with my tape deck and whatever else I can borrow off people. Synthetic Socks consists of me, and various…