

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 out of 100, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews" based on 4 reviews.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresĪttention Attention received generally positive reviews from critics. The film was directed by Bill Yukich and was released on September 3, 2021. The band released a film based on the album. The band plans to release a video for every song on the album. All four songs have made it to the top of the Active Rock Charts. A fourth single for the song "Attention Attention" was released on Septemfollowed by a music video. Later, an animated video for the song was also released. A third single for the song " Monsters" was released to radio on Mafollowed by a music video. On August 8, " Get Up" was released as the second single, accompanied by a music video. On April 5, a second song, "The Human Radio" was released as a promotional single, accompanied by a music video. The band also embarked on a co-headlining tour with Godsmack to promote the release, as part of Live Nation's "Ticket to Rock" program of tours. The band announced that there would be a video created for every song on the album, and that the video project would be led by Bill Yukich, the lead editor on Beyoncé's Lemonade film for HBO. Plans were eventually pushed back on March 7, 2018, the title was revealed and the album was announced for release on May 4, and its first single " Devil", was released. The band tentatively planned to finish the album in late 2017, release a first single in January 2018, and then release the album in April. Myers also described the album's sound as "heavier than Threat to Survival". It's not always going to be exactly the way you want it." They have to accept the fact that it's not always going to be great.

In order to be able to get out of this room and out of this chair and go back into the world, they have to train themselves mentally. "At the beginning of the record, you can feel this intensity and these bold statements that are being made, but as the record progresses, you hear the individual and the record start to shift, and they start to get their confidence back, and they start to understand what's going on, because they're having to face emotions that they've never really faced before. The album tells a story of an individual in a very negative mental and emotional place and, over the course of the fourteen songs, has them work through their issues, becoming a completely changed person by the end of the last song. The sound of the album has been compared to bands like Imagine Dragons, Awolnation, and X Ambassadors. Themes and composition Īttention Attention has been described as hard rock, pop rock, alternative rock, and arena rock, with electronic elements.

In January 2018, Myers announced that the band had finished the recording the album and that Bass was working on finalizing the production and mixing of the album. Upon the resuming work on the album and beginning work in the studio, the band decided to actually only use one of the 22 originally proposed songs by Bass, but the work of the original 22 songs still inspired them to press forward in sticking with the concept album idea overall, just with different songs. They joined Iron Maiden on tour in Europe in April and May, and began recording soon after. Bass had just begun presenting the material to Smith, who, while unsure how much exactly would go into the future album, did say that he was very impressed, and that the material may fit together into a concept album, a first for the band. Bass had been working on writing 22 separate pieces of music over the course of their 2016 tour, separate from the rest of the band, who wanted to just concentrate on touring. In February 2017, Smith announced that they had begun work on their sixth studio album. Initial work on the album began in late 2016, after the band had finished the tour in support of their prior album, Threat to Survival.
