Before We Begin chronicles the different seasons of growing up and the stings and triumphs of coming into one's own, including relationships stuck in time and never truly resolved, long winters that far overstay their welcome, the accompanying seasonal restlessness and boredom, and the excitement of a crush as ephemeral as a New England summer. Night Hawk's debut album stands in the doorway between adolescence and adulthood, with a face in each direction, haunted and inspired by childhood memories and the anxious anticipation of what's next.

The album was engineered and produced by Colter Adams and Colin Miller (Indigo De Souza, Wednesday, MJ Lenderman).