In September 2010, Underworld released their eighth studio album
Barking, a collaboration heavy record that consists of many guest contributors including
High Contrast,
Paul van Dyk and
Dubfire, and features more emphasis on
house music and
drum and bass. After the release of
Barking, the band went on to release two compilation albums,
1992–2012 The Anthology and
A Collection (the latter consists of radio edits and guest spots). They also worked on a few projects with frequent collaborator director
Danny Boyle, who the band had previously worked with, providing tracks for several of his films including
Trainspotting,
A Life Less Ordinary and
The Beach, as well as writing the score with
John Murphy on Boyle's 2007 film
Sunshine. These projects were the soundtrack for Boyle's theatre production play
Frankenstein and as musical directors for the
2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in
London. After these projects, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith spent a couple of years apart while they both worked on their own separate musical aspirations. Hyde released his debut solo album
Edgeland in 2013 and released two collaborative albums with
Brian Eno titled
Someday World and
High Life, both released in May and June 2014 respectively. Meanwhile, Smith would continue to work with Danny Boyle through providing the musical score for Boyle's 2013 film
Trance and the score for
Babylon, a British drama television series that aired on
Channel 4 in 2014 for which Boyle co-created and directed the 90 minute pilot. In late 2014, the band announced plans to release remastered and expanded editions of all of their studio albums "in the next few years". An expanded edition of
dubnobasswithmyheadman was released on 6 October 2014, and the group toured in support of the album. An expanded edition of
Second Toughest in the Infants was released on 20 November 2015. Underworld announced their brand new studio album only four days after the re-release of
Second Toughest. ==Development==