"intending to release any singles at all from this record to start with. It was like a grudging truce between ourselves and the record company to put out "Love Steals Us From Loneliness" as the first single from ''Warnings/Promises'', although with hindsight I guess that was the most obvious choice and perfectly bridges where we were with the last album and where we are now.〔(Drowned in Sound - Features - WARNINGS: “We’ve been listening to Elton John…”; PROMISES: "The next record will be more extreme..." )〕