The album gets its title from the opening track “Pray for Plagues”. The production time of Count Your Blessings was turbulent, typical of a very young band, and the album was soon disapproved by the band themselves. Due to their tours after the EP release, there was little time for songwriting, so they started shortly before recording. Several demo tracks from Bedroom Sessions and a radio project were re-recorded: "(I Used to Make Out With) Medusa", "Off the Heezay" and "Liquor & Love Lost". The goal of the album: to sound as brutal as possible. Oli Sykes' lyrics were extremely personal, but by his own admission, also written about very simple themes due to his poor life situation.