Grim Tower is the collaborative project from Stephen McBean (vocals/guitar/synthesizers) and Imaad Wasif (vocals/guitar). The album was written around the central idea of a New Acoustic Death Folk. Both songwriters, Canadians now based in Los Angeles, come together on Anarchic Breezes to explore a mutual interest in the darker traditions of song and detuning found in the American Primitive Archives. The album features the ancillary rhythm section of Rob Barbato (bass) and Dan Allaire (drums), also L.A. musicians with roots deep in the modern psych movement. Anarchic Breezes was recorded by S. McBean at his home studio, with additional recording by Rob Campanella at the Jonestown Studios.