Nine Shrines

drummer Andrew Wetzel after the group's disbandment in 2013, and includes two members of the now disbanded group Life on Repeat – bassist Devon Voisine and lead guitarist Andrew Baylis – as well as vocalist Chris Parketny formerly of Strangers to Wolves, and rhythm guitarist Evan McKeever of Downplay.

The work's main themes revolve around the bitterness of the group's past experiences and breakups within the music industry, with the album artwork depicting the band "having the soul sucked out of them.

"[6] The EP was released on April 7, 2017,[7] and was preceded by the lead single "King of Mercy", which had crossed 1 million Spotify streams by February 2018.

[8] The band toured with Hinder and Nonpoint in support of "Misery" across the United States in April and May 2017.

[1] In a Mascot Records' press release on May 31, 2018, it was announced that the band was in the studio with producer Dan Korneff working on their debut full-length LP.