On 27 January 2014, Baz Francis and Dave Draper began work on the second Magic Eight Ball album, whilst Baz also simultaneously worked on other projects. Later the recording of the new Magic Eight Ball album took an exciting turn with the narration of Baz’s poetry for the disc by comic legend, Rik Mayall in London on 7 May 2014. On 10 July the digital single "Monkey Bars", accompanied by an Oly Edkins-directed video and the exclusive b-side "Rose-Tinted Eyes" was released for a limited time.