 The idea behind the second studio album, dubbed as their "new year's resolution," was to create music and finish it when the band feels that their work is done.Reynolds told MTV in 2014 that the band wanted to "put out an album that [they're] really happy with".He further said that "we tend to be perfectionists, too hard on ourselves at times, and we don't want to rush anything because we know how we are with things.