[3][4][5] News regarding More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse first appeared in May 2017 as various retail stores began taking vinyl pre-orders.

[6] A link was also provided, leading to a free download of both More Fast Songs About the Apocalypse and These Systems Are Failing.

[7] On June 20, Moby released the music video for the track "In This Cold Place", directed by Steve Cutts.

[10] Noting that the "shadow of the 2016 United States presidential election looms large over the project", Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic wrote that Moby's "anger and exhaustion is palpable, so even songs about simple heartbreak and loss come packed with a gravitas borne of wider issues", ultimately calling the album "a refreshing change of pace, a frantically urgent statement that taps into the visceral with a welcome blast of noise from a voice that still has much to say.

"[1] Willim Nesbitt of PopMatters wrote a lukewarm review, crediting Moby for the stylistic shift explored on the album but adding that "like Bowie and anyone else willing to try something different, not every shot hits the target", concluding: "To some extent, it's a pastiche and collage of earlier work with its use of electronica and distorted rock/punk, but it doesn't reach the levels of the early Moby catalog that it draws from.