Following Pierce the Veil's extensive touring in support of their third studio album, Collide with the Sky (2012), the band wrote and recorded material for a fourth studio album throughout the later half of 2014 with producer Dan Korneff. The lead single, "The Divine Zero", was released without previous announcements on Thursday, June 18, 2015 to iTunes Store and other digital download outlets. The song was performed throughout the band's set on the 2015 Vans Warped Tour.