Guitarist Eric Pulido steps into the role of lead vocalist on "Antiphon", with backing vocals from Alexander and new members Jesse Chandler (keyboards, piano, flute) and Joey McClellan (guitars). ""Antiphon" is the most honest representation of the band as a whole, as opposed to one person's vision that we were trying to facilitate," Pulido remarked in the album's press release, which characterizes the new music as "free-flowing in feel, concise in structure ... it's very much Midlake, but uncannily rebooted, and relaxed." "Antiphon" is more rooted in progressive rock than their earlier records.