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[[Rob Sheridan]] describes the album's concept as "anxiety of information overload as humanity and technology converge and presenting technological singularity and post-humanism as both a terrifying and transformative moment for mankind and nature."
==Release==
The album was announced alongside the video release for "[[The Loop Closes]]," one of four tracks to be featured on both this album and ''An Omen EP''. The first single to be released from the album (that was not already on ''An Omen EP'') was "[[How Long?]]" on January 31st, accompanied by its music video and an announcement of the tracklisting and the vinyl's album art.
On February 19th, HTDA made "[[And The Sky Began To Scream]]" available for free via text service Maebe, the first song to be released on the service. The full CD/Digital version of the album was made available to stream in its entirety for free via Pitchfork on February 20th, and on the same day the band released pre-orders through their own website, and some new t-shirt designs linked to the album's artwork.
[[wiki:Kevin Martin (British musician)|The Bug]] was originally to appear on the album, providing a musical hook for one of the tracks (which one is unknown). However, as [[Mariqueen Maandig]] "couldn't get happy with her voice on it"[sic], the hook was ultimately scrapped. The Bug has stated he'll use it in his own music in the future.[https://twitter.com/thebugzoo/status/303918496440537088]
Like the band's [[How To Destroy Angels (album)|first EP]], the CD and vinyl versions of the album have different artwork. Due to a printing issue, the vinyl edition of the album was delayed until the 19th of March.
==Tracklisting==
B2 "On The Wing"<br>
B3 "Too Late, All Gone"<br>
B4 "[[The Province Of Fear]]"<br>
C1 "How Long?"<br>
C2 "Strings And Attractors"<br>
C3 "Recursive Self-Improvement"<br>
C4 "[[Unintended Consequences]]"<br>
D1 "We Fade Away"<br>
D2 "The Loop Closes"<br>
Thank you:<br>Mark Williams, Scott Greer, Erika Alfredson, Rob Stringer, Ashley Newton, Bryan younce and the rest of the Columbia team, Christina Lum, Selene Yen, Irina Volodarsky, Karen Ciccone, Ross Rosen, Claudia Sarne, Tamar Levine, Tara Dowburd-Luftman, Iowa Wong, David A. Sitek, Factory Floor, The Soft Moon, Deadmau5, Claudia Lagan, Angela Sidlow, John Hillcoat, Jonathan Pavesi, everyone at Skunk, Elise Velasco, Johnny Stuntz, Andreas and everyone at NI, Olaf and everyone at Ableton, Mitch and everyone at Soundtoys, everyone at Shynola, Matt Mahurin, Elena Dickstein and preferred travel, Rockit Cargo, Nicki Goldstein and Midway
==Tour datesTouring==''For more information, see [[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013]]'' HTDA's first live shows were played in the spring and fall of 2013 as a [[How To Destroy Angels Live 2013| short North American tour]] to promote ''Welcome Oblivion''. The shows featured innovative production using light curtains made of LED-filled tubing, with dazzling visuals controlled from the stage by Rob Sheridan.
==External Links==