Many of Malcolm's fans are aware of Balloonerism, a full-length album that was created around the time of the release of Faces in 2014. It is a project that was of great importance to Malcolm - to the extent that he commissioned artwork for it and discussions concerning when it should be released were had regularly, though ultimately GO:OD AM and subsequent albums ended up taking precedence. Unofficial versions of the album have circulated online for years, and releasing Balloonerism was something that Malcolm frequently expressed being important to him, therefore an official version of the project is now being presented to the world. The album was born from the same creative period in which Mac was working on Watching Movies with the Sound Off, Delusional Thomas, Faces and more, and represents the creative ambition that he had agnostic of musical genre.