“The album itself is a dopamine chamber. You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you. I think Romance was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling. This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted — the mask is wearing the face a little more. I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.”

- GRIAN CHATTEN