Eric Bachmann recorded "Breaks in the Armor" in Athens, Georgia at The Bakery with Matt Yelton (live sound engineer for the Pixies) throughout the winter of 2010/2011, enlisting the help of Liz Durrett on backing vocals.

It's a cohesive and diverse set of songs with less adorned and more direct and affecting arrangements.

Beautifully understated, artfully phrased, and ultimately a paean to perseverance, the album seems to suggest that the breaks in the armor are more important than the armor itself.