Thematically, the shift fits. Caleb has admitted that he started out writing in a positive headspace, but completing much of recording during COVID lockdown, the multi-instrumentalist and producer was dragged deeper into darkness than ever before. Consequently, there a confessional quality to lyrics like, ‘I’ve been sleeping on the floor of my closet again wishing hopelessness is something I might beat in the end,’ (Skin) or, ‘When I disappear, no-one will care about a single word I’ve ever put in the air, ’cause I know saying that I’m hurting’s getting old,’ (No Return) that takes us back to Beartooth’s troubled, cathartic beginnings.