The band announced that they had begun writing their third studio album, in January 2017. The album's lead single, "Joy", was released on 18 May 2018. It reached No. 35 on "Billboard"'s Adult Top 40 chart and No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. "Burn the Ships" was released on 5 October 2018. The brothers described it as "most mature record that we've made just in understanding who we are as a duo, who we are as men and maybe understanding life because we are a bit older than we were last time around." Two of the songs were written about the weighty topics of addiction and suicide, and two were written to and about their wives (who sing in the final track, "Pioneers", and appear in the accompanying music video). The album contains ten songs and they released five music videos to accompany them. "Joy" was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for &lt;a href="Grammy%20Award%20for%20Best%20Contemporary%20Christian%20Music%20Performance/Song"&gt;Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song&lt;/a&gt;.