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. The album was produced by the band's keyboardist Jonathan Gering. It is the band's final album with founding bassist Andy Trick before his departure in September 2020.

Composition

Vocalist Mike Hranica mentioned the band scrapped 60 songs they had developed before settling with the 12 that make up the album. Hranica stated "We wanted to do something that actually tests the boundaries. You don't see that in rock, and there's so little invention in rock these days." The band was heavily inspired by the album ''

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'' by

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when writing the album.

Track listing

Personnel

All credits by

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. The Devil Wears Prada * Mike Hranica – lead vocals, additional guitars * Jeremy DePoyster – clean vocals, rhythm guitar, lead vocals on "Chemical" * Kyle Sipress – lead guitar, backing vocals * Andy Trick – bass * Jonathan Gering – keyboards, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals, production *

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– drums Additional musicians *

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– vocals on "Lines of Your Hands" Additional personnel * The Devil Wears Prada – production * Sonny DiPerri – production, mixing * Tom Baker – mastering * Luke Sedmak – art design, layout *

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– paintings

Charts

References

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