Photo credit: Luke Nelson
From Left To Right: Crystal Robinson, Tony Wolski, Patrick Shirioishi, Meghan O’Neil, Abbas Muhammad, Max Frank
Following last week’s “NO KINGS” protests, The Armed return with a fittingly-titled new single “Kingbreaker.” The track—2 minutes of piss and fury anchored to an earworm vocal hook, blistering Urian Hackney (Iggy Pop) drumming, and throat-shredding screams from Meghan O'Neil (Punch). Directed by Aaron Jones and Tony Wolski, the accompanying video captures the kinetic chaos the Detroit experimental hardcore collective is known for delivering live.
“Kingbreaker” follows the release of “Well Made Play” and continues to build momentum toward their newly announced album, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED (out August 1st), a record steeped in themes of class consciousness, power structures, and upheaval.
“Kingbreaker” music video – https://youtu.be/RU5z-l7SSTw “Kingbreaker” streaming – https://lnk.thearmed.com/kingbreaker “Well Made Play” video – https://youtu.be/Smiq2FP9Mos The Armed THE 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.
Tickets for the bands 9 headline shows are on sale now. 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.
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.
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