THE ARMED ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED'

THE ARMED ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED WATCH THE DEVASTATINGLY BRUTAL VIDEO FOR FIRST SONG “WELL MADE PLAY” ANNOUNCE SELECT TOUR DATES WITH SUPPORT FROM PROSTITUTE

Photo credit: Joseph Duarte  From left to right: Patrick Shiroishi, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Derek Coburn, Chris Elkjar, George Clarke, Dylan Fujioka)

The Armed have announced a new album, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, out August 1st via Sargent House. “Well Made Play” is the opening track and first single on the album—a grim reflection of a society that mistakes narcissism for self-awareness. The title references the 19th-century “well-made play,” a dramatic form built on clean narratives wrapped up with moral clarity—worlds that bear little resemblance to our own. It arrives with a dark, Christopher Gruse-directed video that offers a blunt, heavy-handed metaphor for the quiet humiliations of modern life. “While we chase distractions and small comforts, we’re pushed into endless competition with each other—often while those with real power take freely, right in front of us.” explains vocalist Tony Wolski. In it, two men beat each other senseless while chained together, fighting for the prize of a jet ski. A band plays, almost unnoticed in the background.

“Well Made Play” single/stream – https://lnk.thearmed.com/WellMadePlay “Well Made Play” video – https://youtu.be/Smiq2FP9Mos HE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED pre-order/pre-save -https://lnk.thearmed.com/TFIHAENTBD

After completing a trilogy of albums laser-focused on dissecting artistic authenticity in the Information Age, The Armed began work on new material with no premeditated rules or concepts—favoring only raw expression and urgency to herald a new era for the project. What emerged is a furious and confrontational new album—THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. Still genre-defying, yet overtly pissed, it's an unfiltered expression of Weltschmerz, the German term describing the anguish of the world’s reality versus our idealized visions of what it should be. “It’s music for a statistically wealthy population that somehow can’t afford food or medicine—endlessly scrolling past vacation photos, gym selfies, and images of child amputees in the same feed. It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality,” Wolski explains.

The Armed have also announced 9 exclusive headline dates in support of the album. Spanning from summer to winter cities include Boston, New York City, DC, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. Support on the tour will include fellow Detroit area brutalists Prostitute. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday May 23rd at 10:00am local time.  The album includes performances by Ken Szymanski, Patrick Shiroishi, Urian Hackney, Kurt Ballou, Troy Van Leeuwen, Meghan O’Neil, Cara Drolshagen, Tony Wolski, Brian Wolski, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Ben Chisholm, Prostitute, Zach Weeks, Mark Guiliana, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, and Derek Coburn.

THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED Well Made Play Purity Drag Kingbreaker Grace Obscure Broken Mirror ft. Prostitute  Sharp Teeth I Steal What I Want Local Millionaire  Gave up Heathen A More Perfect Design

The Armed Tour Dates  8.14 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair 8.15 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 8.16 - Washington DC - The Atlantis 9.16 - Seattle, WA - SUBSTATION 9.17 - Portland - Mississippi Studios 9.19 - San Francisco - Rickshaw Stop 9.20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre 12.12 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 12.13 - Detroit, El Club  All Dates to feature Prostitute

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