After the release of
Cerulean Salt (2013), Crutchfield split amicably with her label,
Don Giovanni Records. She and Spencer isolated themselves for almost a year in a house in
Holbrook, Long Island. Crutchfield recalled, "I just got to hide out and make a record. At my own pace. That was important to me." In a press release, she said of the album: "The title
Ivy Tripp is really just a term I made up for directionless-ness, specifically of the 20-something, 30-something, 40-something of today, lacking regard for the complaisant life path of our parents and grandparents." The extra "p" in
Tripp is a reference to a friend of Crutchfield's who had died. Musically, Crutchfield described the album as "poppier" than her previous work. Crutchfield explained: "We had synthesizers and tons of keyboards and 12-string guitars and acoustic guitars set aside so that we could put whatever on it that we thought would be cool. That part of the record was really collaborative. Keith and Kyle and I kind of all worked together to build the songs up." ==Reception==