 The plot "imagines a future in which humans are driven by the encroaching glaciers of a new ice age to live in a weather dome, "Clemency," where citizens are encouraged to regulate "temp"—both temperament and temperature—for the sake of the colony’s survival.” The central conflict of "Rin, Tongue and Dorner" is the suppression of internal desires for the greater community and the internal cost of those choices.The art was once again by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein but Shapero went with new collaborators for the music.Montreal-based band Elsiane was brought in for the album, with the vocals of Elsieanne Caplette used to portray “Tongue,” a character described as “a weaving chorus of beckoning, provocative voices inside Dorner’s head.”

Balcony of Fog 

"Balcony of Fog" (2020) is about a post apocalyptic time where a person wakes up from a beating to discover himself being tended to by a woman from the clouds.