Front man Oli Burslem had originally planned to spend a month song-writing in Japan before meeting bassist Andy Jones who had recently moved to Australia.

[4] Shortly after they would meet Spiritualized frontman Jason Pierce who encouraged the band to pursue creating the album as well as to "get loads of influences.

[20] In August 2018 the band announced their signing to Virgin EMI alongside a UK tour and the single White Male Carnivore.

"[25] The song was compared to John Lennon at his rawest, "with the singer taunting some greedy fat cats reeling from their own gluttony.

Burslem decided to write a song from his point of view and said that "the three words which made me feel the most uncomfortable were white, male and carnivore.

[27] The final song on the album "This House Has No Living Room" features Jason Pierce who adds vocals and slide guitar to the track as well as John Coxon who plays piano and harmonica.