‘Cause & Effect’ follows the album’s lead single ‘Dissolution’ a song that cast scuffed-up, scratchy guitars and tumbling piano motifs alongside lyrics aimed at dismantling the ego. ‘Cause & Effect’ is characteristically peculiar and discordant, the band creating a patchwork of murmuring synths, voice modulation and ringing guitars to consider their own reality.

Lead singer and guitarist Henry Dartnall says of the song: “The central idea behind the lyrics is a bit obscure: I became aware of a few problems with the concept of time that inspired the song. The main problem is that time seems to be kind of illusory. What I mean by that is that anything outside of the present moment is basically just a thought. And the present moment doesn’t seem to pass, ie. it is always the present moment. “Cause & Effect” is entirely a time-based concept: You do one thing and it makes another thing happen, in time. But if time is an illusion, then what is really happening? It also implies somehow that we can control the world, like we understand how our actions now effect our future.”

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