Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Belfast Telegraph	7/10
Clash	7/10
The Irish Times
Kerrang!	4/5
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel	Favorable
Q
Rock Sound	8/10
Stereoboard
Upset

Safe in Sound is the fifth studio album by British rock band Lower Than Atlantis. Following the release of Changing Tune (2012), Island Records were streamlining and dropping artists who were underselling. Despite the album underselling, the group couldn't be dropped as the label had picked the option for their next album. The label offered the band the chance to take an advance and leave, which they subsequently did to build a personal studio. Here, the group worked on their next album, Lower Than Atlantis, which was released through Sony Music and supported by successful tours. In early 2015, the band were having discussions with Sony about their next album.

Drum tracks were recorded in late 2015 at The Pool at Miloco Studios in London with producer Dan Lancaster. Following a six month break, which began from December 2015, the band were recording in their own studio in July–August 2016. All of the guitar and bass parts were recorded in their personal studio, and vocals were recorded at Lancaster's house and vocalist/guitarist Mike Duce's flat. Mixes were done while the band was on a European tour. The majority of the songs were co-written between Duce and one of three songwriters: Julian Emery, Lancaster or Dan McDougall.

"Work for It" was released as a single in August 2016, a music video for the song followed a month later. In October, Safe in Sound was announced for release, and a music video was released for "Dumb". In November, the group supported You Me at Six in Europe, and a music video was released for "Had Enough". In January 2017, "Boomerang" was made available for streaming, and in the following month, Safe in Sound was released through Easy Life Records and Red Essential.

Lower Than Atlantis released their third album Changing Tune in October 2012 through Island Records. Sometime afterwards, the label was in the process of streamlining and dropping artists that were underselling. Despite the album reaching the top 30, it undersold the label's expectations. The band, however, couldn't be dropped due to the label having already picked the option for their next album. The label gave the band the choice to either release the next album through them but with no marketing, or take an advance and leave the label. The band subsequently took the advance and built their own recording studio. The band spent the following couple of years working on the studio and their next album.

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