James Skelly & The Intenders

Prior to making Love Undercover, Skelly's band The Coral had commenced work on their sixth studio album, the follow up to Butterfly House (2010), with producer John Leckie at Real World Studios in March 2012. However, this session ended with only half an album completed and subsequently, The Coral entered into an indefinite hiatus with members pursuing their own solo projects. "The stuff we’d recorded was great, but it was just natural ... We’d been together since we were 16, younger even, and you just get to the point where you’re almost trapped in this version of what you think you should be." —James Skelly, Liverpool Daily Post