EP teased

In November, Healy teased the release of an EP within 2017. Besides being confirmed, the EP was delayed to 2018, with manager Jamie Oborne stating that “something” would be released instead; this was the band’s debut live album, DH00278 . He also confirmed that no singles from Music for Cars will be released in 2017, with the band confirming that something will be released on 1 June 2018. In March 2018, the band deleted many media posts across their accounts going back to July 2017, during their final show at Latitude Festival for I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It . On 22 April 2018, in response to a fan comment on Twitter, Oborne stated that their second album’s campaign would remain for “a few more days”. At the end of April, cryptic posters titled “Music for Cars” appeared in London and Manchester, containing taglines and a Dirty Hit catalogue number, DH00327, amongst a black background. Various billboards were also spotted in the United Kingdom, having used détournement to apply themselves over existing advertisements. The band updated their website to display a timer counting down towards 1 June at the beginning of May 2018, becoming active again on social media. Within its first hours, it was revealed to contain a hidden zip file with four individual posters, each of the names leading to a hidden page on the website that displayed a conversation between a ‘human’ and a ‘machine’. Over social media, the band frequently released different posters, all titled ” A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships “. On 31 May 2018, the band released the single “Give Yourself a Try”, after premiering as Annie Mac ‘s “Hottest Record in the World” on BBC Radio 1 that same day.