▁" H ollow ▁P onds ", ▁which ▁referenced ▁key ▁dates ▁in ▁Al bar n ' s ▁life , ▁including ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁summer ▁dr ought . ▁ ▁The ▁album ' s ▁first ▁single ▁" Every day ▁Rob ots ", ▁opens ▁with ▁the ▁ly ric : ▁" We ▁are ▁every day ▁rob ots ▁on ▁our ▁ph ones " ▁– ▁makes ▁it ▁clear ▁this ▁particular ▁track ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁nature / techn ology ▁dich ot omy ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁anything ▁deeply ▁personal , ▁as ▁reported ▁by ▁Michael ▁C rag g , ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian . ▁The ▁track ▁contains ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁" The ▁G asser " ▁by ▁Lord ▁Buck ley , ▁from ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁album ▁" Best ▁of ▁Buck ley ", ▁the ▁sample ▁itself ▁is ▁a ▁h ips em antic ▁r ant ▁about ▁ 1 5 th ▁Century ▁Spanish ▁Explorer , ▁Ál var ▁N ú ñ ez ▁C abe za ▁de ▁V aca , ▁whom ▁was ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Nar vá ez ▁expedition . ▁The ▁song ▁opens ▁with ▁Buck ley ' s ▁lines ▁of ▁" They ▁didn ' t ▁know ▁where ▁they ▁was ▁going , ▁but ▁they ▁knew ▁where ▁they ▁was , ▁wasn ' t ▁it " ▁The ▁sample ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁question ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁humans ▁in ▁modern - day ▁Earth . ▁" They " ▁are ▁humans , ▁in ▁which ▁Al bar n ▁claims ▁that ▁we ▁know ▁where ▁we ▁are ▁right ▁now ▁but ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁violent ▁and ▁dram atic ▁evolution ▁of ▁technology , ▁we