The album was inspired by the essay ” Imagine There Is No Heaven : A Letter to the Six Billionth Citizen”. The essay was written by British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie , who found controversy in 1988 over one of his books gaining him a religious fatwa for Rushdie’s death from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which ultimately resulted in United Kingdom and Iran breaking diplomatic ties to each other a year later. In consideration of the essay, the album has common themes in agnosticism and the questioning of beliefs and society. Album and liner notes artwork resembled an Air Mail letter (addressed to “SEVEN BILLIONTH”) and was done by Rohner Segnitz of the band Division Day . Segue tracks on the album are called “Stamps of Origin”, and unlike prior albums a few of these segue tracks contain lyrics.
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