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The Armed have released the new song “Kingbreaker” — the second single from their forthcoming album THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, out August 1st.
Arriving just days after the nationwide “No Kings” protests, the song is a two-minute burst of fevered aggression from the politically-charged Detroit hardcore collective, which notably performed at a Bernie Sanders rally earlier this year. The full force of the ensemble is in effect here, from pummeling drums by Urian Hackney to the shrieks of Patrick Shiroishi’s saxophone and the dual vocal scream-shout onslaught of Meghan O’Neil and Tony Wolksi.
The rest of the album follows a similar thread of poignantly relevant socio-political commentary, with Wolski describing it as “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.”
He added: “It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality.”
The Armed are set to support the new album with nine US headlining shows in Boston, New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. Dates run from August through the rest of the years, and you can get tickets here.
Stream the video for “Kingbreaker” below.
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