Spoon began teasing the announcement of new material on October 27, 2021, with short clips uploaded to their social media accounts alongside the hashtag "#LOTS". The band announced Lucifer on the Sofa the next day and simultaneously released the album's lead single, "The Hardest Cut". The song was accompanied by a music video that Billboard described as a "Halloween-appropriate sub-story about a knife-wielding killer preparing to off his latest victim". On October 28 and 29, the band livestreamed concerts, titled Back to the Life, that were shot in Los Angeles during the previous month. The second single from Lucifer on the Sofa, "Wild", which samples its drum patterns from Judas Priest's 'Take on the World', was released as a 7-inch single on December 10, 2021. The song was backed with a remix by Dennis Bovell on the B-side, featuring Judas Priest's 'Take on the World' drum pattern. "Wild" was released as a digital single later on January 11, 2022, accompanied by a music video that paid tribute to Hollywood Western films. Lucifer on the Sofa was included in the "Most Anticipated Albums of 2022" lists of Paste, Pitchfork, Stereogum, and Vulture. "My Babe" was released on February 8, 2022, as the final single to come before the album's release. Lucifer on the Sofa was released through Matador Records on February 11, 2022, on digital platforms and physically as a CD and 12-inch vinyl record, with certain retailers carrying different color variations of the vinyl record.
