The Armed have introduced a brand new album, The Future Is Right here and All the things Must Be Destroyed. Out August 1 through Sargent Home, the Detroit hardcore collective’s Excellent Strangers follow-up is led by the only and opening observe “Nicely Made Play.” Watch the music’s video, directed by Christopher Gruse, beneath.
Armed vocalist Tony Wolski mentioned of the clip, which depicts two males combating over a jet ski, “Whereas we chase distractions and small comforts, we’re pushed into infinite competitors with one another—typically whereas these with actual energy take freely, proper in entrance of us.” He added of the album: “It’s music for a statistically rich inhabitants that one way or the other can’t afford meals or medication—endlessly scrolling previous trip pictures, gymnasium selfies, and pictures of kid amputees in the identical feed. It displays the dissociation required simply to exist in that actuality.”
The Armed have have additionally introduced a restricted U.S. tour that may lengthen from late summer time by way of the tip of 2025. They’ll be joined in any respect dates by fellow Michiganders Prostitute. In March, the Armed carried out at a Bernie Sanders rally in Warren, Michigan. Discover the entire band’s tour dates beneath.
The Future Is Right here and All the things Must Be Destroyed options 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. After Excellent Strangers, The Armed launched the Eternal Gaze EP.
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The Future Is Right here and All the things Must Be Destroyed:
01 Nicely Made Play
02 Purity Drag
03 Kingbreaker
04 Grace Obscure
05 Damaged Mirror [ft. Prostitute]
06 Sharp Enamel
07 I Steal What I Need
08 Native Millionaire
09 Gave up
10 Heathen
11 A Extra Excellent Design
The Armed:
08-14 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair *
08-15 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge *
08-16 Washington, D.C. – The Atlantis *
09-16 Seattle, WA – Substation *
09-17 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *
09-19 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Store *
09-20 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre *
12-12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Corridor *
12-13 Detroit – El Membership *
* with Prostitute
