 The single was engineered by Mark Rankin and produced by Paul Epworth and Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John) at Primal Scream’s North London studio.As the first taste of "Beautiful Future", “Can’t Go Back” heralded Primal Scream’s latest sound, a fusion of pop, new wave, and traditional song structures with the punk aggression and electro production qualities that distinguished their 2000 album "XTRMNTR".It is a more straightforward rock song that plays up the band’s bombast and immediacy rather than an attempt to innovate.