[2] It was the band's first album in five years, and the first since changing their name from British Sea Power.

[4] The album was named after Alexei Yurchak's 2005 book Everything was Forever, Until it was No More: The Last Soviet Generation.

[5] Sea Power began writing songs in late 2019, but this was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the album was completed in phases.

[3] It was influenced by the deaths of Jan and Neil's parents, with the single "Two Fingers" being a tribute to their father.

[1] For the first time since 2011's Valhalla Dancehall the band worked with producer Graham Sutton, who determined the final track listing when they could not agree which of the 20 in-progress songs to include.