Le Sacre Du Travail, launched in 2013, drew acclaim for its strong concept and musicianship, but he didn't want to continue in the same direction. Tillison tells Prog: "Le Sacre was ambitious. It was very complex, and it took ages to write and put together.

"I'm proud of what we achieved with that record - but at the same time it put The Tangent into a kind of Roger Waters arena of 'Is this what they're gonna do? Be eternally depressing and spend the rest of their lives commenting on how bad things are?'