The album tells a story of an individual in a very negative mental and emotional place and, over the course of the fourteen songs, has them work through their issues, becoming a completely changed person by the end of the last song. The sound of the album has been compared to bands like Imagine Dragons, Awolnation, and X Ambassadors. Themes and composition Īttention Attention has been described as hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock, and arena rock, with electronic elements. In January 2018, Myers announced that the band had finished the recording the album and that Bass was working on finalizing the production and mixing of the album.

Upon the resuming work on the album and beginning work in the studio, the band decided to actually only use one of the 22 originally proposed songs by Bass, but the work of the original 22 songs still inspired them to press forward in sticking with the concept album idea overall, just with different songs. They joined Iron Maiden on tour in Europe in April and May, and began recording soon after. Bass had just begun presenting the material to Smith, who, while unsure how much exactly would go into the future album, did say that he was very impressed, and that the material may fit together into a concept album, a first for the band.

Bass had been working on writing 22 separate pieces of music over the course of their 2016 tour, separate from the rest of the band, who wanted to just concentrate on touring. In February 2017, Smith announced that they had begun work on their sixth studio album. Initial work on the album began in late 2016, after the band had finished the tour in support of their prior album, Threat to Survival.

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