

By the time we get this record out, even if it's not the last thing anyone wants to hear now, it certainly will be by the time we get this album out, so I was avoiding it at all costs. Bassist Pete Trewavas says the record is sounding "very positive", while guitarist Steve Rothery claims the material is "diverse in terms of the styles." Vocalist Steve 'H" Hogarth told fans in December that the lyrics aren't as "angry" as 'FEAR', but the record has been shaped by 2020: "I did set out deliberately to try and not write anything about the pandemic or about what it's done to all of us because I just figured that every other artist on Earth is doing that now. Marillion have been hard at work on the follow-up to 2016's 'FEAR' throughout 2020.
