"[5] "There was a conscious rebellion on this album against the digital age of auto-tune and mass produced electronic landfill music.

"[5] He cites Stephan Micus, Shirley and Dolly Collins's Love, Death and the Lady as influences to the album.

[5] The title of the album is taken from the song "London", from Lycanthropy, which begins "Sun dark on darker streets, it's violent times for weary feet..." and ends with "Forget me, I wash myself in your grey river light".

The cover shows the singer in front of a tapestry of Primavera by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.

The version of "Overture", originally from the album The Magic Position, was released on YouTube in late August.