Iron Lung Release First New Album in 12 Years - Adapting // Crawling Today via Esteemed Imprint, Iron Lung Records
Hometown Curated What We Like Fest - Celebrating 18 Years of Iron Lung Records This Weekend in Seattle
Additional 2025 Dates Confirmed: NYC, UK, AUS, JP & More
Adapting // Crawling Official Music Videos:
“Purgatory Dust / Virus / Purgatory Dust (Finale)” | “Cog II”
Iron Lung See No End In Sight - See Saw (Read Interview)
Label of the Month / 10 Essential Iron Lung Records Releases - Treble (Read Feature)
“Their blasts of hardcore/agit-prop are savage and unrelenting, but IRON LUNG somehow manage to imbue the negative space between blasts with an oxygen-destroying heaviness as well, perhaps the defining trademark of this group who once saw their reflection in a full-body pressurized metal chamber and decided to turn it into music.” - Matt Korvette of Pissed Jeans
“a feverish 52-second fast-hardcore burst [Lifeless Life] - Stereogum
“a bleak and short-winded blast of hardcore, juggling anxious bouts of thrash with instrumental dropouts” [Lifeless Life] - Consequence
“Known for their ferocious commitment to the DIY ethic and their extreme, unfiltered sound, Iron Lung has always walked the line between catharsis and confrontation. This time, though, the stakes feel even higher.” - New Noise Magazine (Read Interview)
“It's a great time to listen to Iron Lung” - Heathen Disco / Doug Mosurock
“punishing, in your face punk” - MetalSucks
“a legacy that continues to inspire” - Heaviest of Art
For nearly two decades IRON LUNG have played an integral part in punk / hardcore and all scenes adjacent via their music and very own esteemed label, Iron Lung Records. From the beginning, duo Jensen Ward and Jon Kortland have ethically / sonically approached the world: Do It Yourself, obscure, extreme, maladjusted and utterly free from the constraints of “music” or, more widely, rules in general. Today IRON LUNG are back with their first new full-length album in over 12 years - Adapting // Crawling - a vital, 21 minute onslaught that takes head shots at mental health with specific emphasis on the exacting tolls that the past five years have taken on humanity.
Each song on Adapting // Crawling is a newly peeled layer exposing the corrosive effects of deep depression, a failed healthcare system, heavy grief from multiple friends/family deaths, paranoia and distrust of government, meaningless existence and loss. So much loss. When time disappeared between 2020 and 2023, the loss of function, of relation, of drive, of everything was incalculable. Life goes on but we lose a little more each day. To help cope with that crushing reality, IRON LUNG finally sat down and wrote about their pain.
In order to not be consumed by it, they built a wall around themselves utilizing an “us versus them” modality in the lyrics. All of the band’s points of view are from the “we” stance and are funneled through their long established lens of antiquated medical procedures and devices. The only times that mode breaks is when quoting an outsider view before rejecting and destroying it. The power belongs to IRON LUNG and by association, to the allied listener.
IRON LUNG celebrate Adapting // Crawling simultaneously with the label’s 18th anniversary this weekend in Seattle. Their own three day curated hometown fest - What We Like - kicks off tonight across three all-age venues: The Vera Project, Black Lodge and Beacon Cinema. Throughout the weekend, IRON LUNG are joined by 26 exceptional bands from all around the globe, plus two films, an art show and local cuisine. Tickets and more info are here. Iron Lung have also confirmed performances throughout 2025 across North America, UK, Japan, Australia, Iceland, so on, including a highly anticipated return to NYC this summer. For a full list of live dates, see below.
L-R Jon Kortland (Guitar / Vocals), Jensen Ward (Drums / Vocals)
Photo By Christina Hamilton
Iron Lung Live Dates:
Apr 18-20: Seattle, WA - The Vera Project * (WHAT WE LIKE Weekend)
Jun 11: Reykjavik, IS - The Bird
Jun 13-15: Copenhagen DK - Ungdomshuset (K-Town Hardcore Fest)
Jun 18: London, UK - New River Studios ~
Jun 19: Bristol, UK - Exchange ~
Jun 22: Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
Jul 11: Brisbane, AU - Crowbar
Jul 12: Sydney, AU - Marrickville Bowls Club
Jul 13: Melbourne, AU - Fairfield Bowls Club
Jul 18: Melbourne, AU - The Tote
Jul 19: Frankston, AU - Singing Bird Studio
Jul 20: Perth, AU - Milk Bar
Jul 24: Tokyo, JP - Earthdom
Jul 25: Nagoya, JP - Huckfinn
Jul 26: Osaka, JP
Jul 27: Osaka, JP - Bears
Jul 28: Tokyo, JP - Moonstep
Jul 29: Yokohama, JP - El Puente
* w/ Slant, Bootlicker, Physique, Direct Threat and Crawl Space
~ w/ Bad Breeding
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