In Japan the band released bonus tracks, which includes "Antisocialmanifesto" and "Kodawari", live versions from the O2 Arena performance were also available, "Ocean Spray" and "You Love Us" were the two songs featured on the Japanese version. "Futurology" entered the Official Record Store Chart at number 1, outselling Ed Sheeran's "x", and the official UK Album Chart at number 2, the highest new entry on the chart, selling approximately 20,000 copies in its first week. The album remained in the Top 40 in the UK for 3 weeks, something that "Rewind the Film" didn't manage to do. The album reached number 8 in Ireland and also charted within the Top 40 in Finland, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Denmark and Japan. The album peaked and debuted at number 18 on the European Charts, for sales all over Europe, the album sold above 30.000 copies in the European mainland in the first week. Since it has been release the album has sold more than 50.000 copies in the UK. The band promoted the album with a tour around the UK and Europe from March to May 2014, they also made appearances in festivals like T in the Park in Scotland and Glastonbury Festival in the summer. Two singles were released from the album: "Walk Me to the Bridge" was the first released on 28 April, it leaked prior to its release. The subject of the lyrics were questioned whether they were about the former band member Richey or not, but Wire said that he wrote the song at a critical time, when he was tired of being in the band, and he wrote the lyrics thinking of that subject. The title track, "Futurology", was the second and final single released from the album on 22 September. The video debuted on YouTube on 10 August. The video was directed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winner Kieran Evans, who worked with the band on videos from their previous effort "Rewind the Film". "Futurology" has been described under genres such as alternative rock, post-punk, dance-rock,, new wave and krautrock. Nicky Wire described the sound of the album as "post-punk disco-rock". Canadian music publication "Exclaim!" proclaimed "Futurology"'s style a "radical vision", which encompassed a great collection of styles including the "Krautrock banger" "The Next Jet to Leave Moscow" and the "prog odyssey" "Mayakovsky".