▁under cut ▁by ▁Al bar n ' s ▁kn ot ty ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁consp ir atorial ▁and ▁repr ess ive ▁govern ance ." ▁The ▁video ▁released ▁for ▁" G un ▁to ▁the ▁Head " ▁also ▁featured ▁Al bar n ▁dressed ▁as ▁a ▁vent ril o qu ist ' s ▁dummy , ▁but ▁with ▁backup ▁d umm ies ▁and ▁a ▁black ▁back drop . ▁Three ▁additional ▁" w arm - up ▁shows " ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁in ▁late ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁were ▁announced ▁alongside ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁single ▁and ▁its ▁video . ▁ ▁Rec ording ▁S essions ▁for ▁the ▁album ▁started ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁when ▁Al bar n , ▁Simon on ▁and ▁T ong ▁spent ▁time ▁in ▁Black pool , ▁which ▁was ▁originally ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁its ▁main ▁focus . ▁However , ▁Al bar n ▁expanded ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁years ▁while ▁tour ing ▁with ▁Gor illa z ▁for ▁the ▁albums ▁Hum anz ▁and ▁The ▁Now ▁Now . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁admitted ▁that ▁Mer rie ▁Land ▁shares ▁cre ative ▁attributes ▁with ▁its ▁prede cess or , ▁The ▁Good , ▁the ▁Bad ▁& ▁the ▁Queen , ▁but ▁sty list ically ▁the ▁two ▁are ▁dis similar . ▁Simon on ▁character ised ▁Mer rie ▁Land ▁as ▁" mod ern ▁English ▁folk ▁music ▁with ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁rub - a - d ub ▁in ▁it " ▁while ▁Allen ▁noted ▁" this ▁time ▁around ,