The band announced that 2015 would be their 'year off.' In an interview with 3FM in June 2014, Neil stated that "band will take a quiet year next year and disappear so people don't get sick of the lovely Biffy." In the same interview he stated that they were working on about 19 new songs, but felt it was too early to play them live. He confirmed that a new album was coming, most likely towards the end of 2015. first single "Wolves of Winter" was exclusively played as Hottest Record on Monday 21 March 2016 on Radio 1. On Monday 21 March 2016, during the live premiere of "Wolves of Winter" on Hottest Record on Beats 1, Zane Lowe, Neil announced that the band's new album would be titled "Ellipsis". The album, due for release on 8 July 2016, was made available to pre-order in a limited edition box set on the Biffy Clyro web store.