In ancient stories, fairy tales and mythology, different tropes are often used to symbolise the powers found within all of us; for example, The King and Queen represents internal struggle and justice, and The Warrior represents courage and willpower. The Wizard, hower, is more ambiguous. It represents the esoteric sides of the human psyche - insight, spiritual growth, a kind of messenger between worlds. Hatching The Egg is Merely's manifestation of The Wizard trope, in which she imagines herself as the lead singer in a super group composed of renderings of her past self, all disguised as fable animals and creatures from the other side. Sonically, the album is painted with a palette of psychedelic, dreamy pop, shoegaze, chamber music and subtle hints of progressive rock.