On March 25, 2020, AFI were announced as a headliner for the Two Thousand Trees Festival on July 10 of the same year. Puget was interviewed by "Kerrang!" to promote the festival appearance and said that while he did not expect the band's eleventh album to be released by the time of the performance, "hopefully at least a couple of songs will be." During an Instagram livestream on April 27, 2020, Puget said that the album was finished, but that its release date was being pushed back as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The next day, it was announced that the Two Thousand Trees Festival was being pushed back to 2021, also due to the pandemic.