The lyrics website Genius is crammed with explanations of most singles preceding this fifth album. The propulsive, danceable Arch Enemy is about a sewer “fatberg” that is worshipped as a god. The gentler In Birdsong imagines the first human to experience consciousness, and reflects the recent months when lack of cars and planes made the sound more noticeable again. Fans may want to read what they’ve been reading too: US psychologist Julian Jaynes’s theory that humans once had two minds inspires thoughts about hearing divine voices that frontman Jonathan Higgs has fun exploring.
