▁that ▁kind ▁of ▁sh it ▁into ▁N ec roc racy ." ▁ ▁Rel ative ▁to ▁its ▁previous ▁recording ▁sessions , ▁Har vey ▁describes ▁Ex hum ed ▁as ▁" under - re he ars ed " ▁going ▁into ▁the ▁studio . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁" a ▁lot ▁of ▁the ▁ideas ▁on ▁the ▁record , ▁fills , ▁trans itions , ▁that ▁kind ▁of ▁stuff , ▁were ▁really ▁sp ont aneous ▁and ▁fresh . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁cool ▁contrast ▁to ▁so ▁much ▁death ▁metal ▁that ▁you ▁hear ▁that ▁sounds ▁so ▁calculated ▁and ▁cont riv ed ." ▁The ▁p acing ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁also ▁gave ▁Ex hum ed ▁additional ▁opportun ities ▁to ▁explore ▁its ▁sound ▁in ▁the ▁studio , ▁according ▁to ▁Har vey : ▁" The ▁songs ▁being ▁a ▁little ▁slower ▁also ▁allowed ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁breath ing ▁room ▁for ▁stuff ▁to ▁happen . ▁We ▁also ▁worked ▁out ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁harm on ies ▁and ▁stuff ▁in ▁the ▁recording ▁studio , ▁simply ▁because ▁we ▁hadn ' t ▁played ▁the ▁songs ▁with ▁two ▁gu it ars ▁yet ▁in ▁the ▁re he ars al ▁room , ▁so ▁that ▁was ▁fun ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁bringing ▁some ▁unexpected ▁challeng es ▁and ▁pleasant ▁surpr ises ." ▁ ▁L yr ics ▁With ▁N ec roc racy , ▁Matt ▁Har vey ▁wrote ▁lyr ics ▁that ▁applied ▁g ore ▁a est het ics ▁to ▁politics . ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁" polit ical ▁under p inn ings " ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁were ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁" the ▁President ial ▁election ▁was ▁in