STS9 will return with their first full-length album in seven years, The Universe Inside on September 2 as they follow up 2009’s Ad Explorata. Ahead of the album’s release, Consequence of Sound is hosting a full stream of the record.

The album marks the first with bassist Alana Rocklin, who joined in 2014 and, in a Q&A with Consequence of Sound, guitarist Hunter Brown said the record is an homage to many of the great concept albums the band grew up on.

“We grew up on concept albums from the greats like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis and Outkast. We wanted to pay homage to them and how those records were made,” Brown said. “We took our time knowing we had a story to tell.”

Brown added, “We studied everyone from Quincy Jones and Bruce Swedien to Blue Note, Prince, Organized Noize and Tom Petty, obsessed with how classic records come together.”

The Universe Inside is available for pre-order here.