The song was reportedly soundchecked in Buenos Aires on march 24th 2009, but no fan recording has apparently been made of that. A fan who was inside the venue during the soundcheck identified it in hindsight.

The studio recording of this song, which is apparently influenced by Neu! and Can, was leaked on august 12th 2009 on the private torrent tracker what.cd by the member crza, who must have either been a member of the band or someone working for them. The mp3 was accompanied by an .nfo file, which contained an abstract image, details on the rip and a piece of text, which seems to come from Thom and vaguely mentions negotiations. The whole content of the .nfo file can be viewed here (click image for full size):



If the purpose of the "official leak" was to create excitement it sure worked. The phrase "Wall Of Ice", prominently featured in the file, seemed to point to the title of an upcoming release, an EP perhaps. This theory was eagerly taken up by the online music press while fan message boards were buzzing with speculation.
The nfo file mentioned the release date of august 17th 2009, and indeed an announcement was made on Dead Air Space that day by Jonny. However, there was no EP or album yet, just the track that had already been leaked by the band:



The zip file, which could be downloaded free of charge from w.a.s.t.e.'s digital store or from a torrent on mininova, contained the mp3, a txt file with production notes and a pdf with tracing paper artwork called twisted woods. A fourth file, an image made by layering a selection of the pieces in the pdf, served as artwork for the track.

Lyrics from the song were used in the official 2009 tour merchandise:

In late november 2009 Stanley announced the sale of new prints that developed the tracing paper artwork further:



The following info is taken from slowlydownward.com:

"In these prints metal dust is combined with a transparent printing medium to create screenprints with a vague and refective quality, so that the tree forms appear and hide within a metallic mist as you view the print from different angles.
There are 3 different prints, each with a different group of trees. The prints are made in bronze, silver and gold, and utilise 11 layers of alternating black and metallic. Each print is finished with a varnish layer.
They are each in editions of 25.

Paper size: 290mm x 400mm
Print size: 250mm x 350mm
Price: £88.00 each
n.b. Unfortunately these photos can't fully represent the metallic nature of these prints."