Following their foray into the world of alternative rock, The Armed are back to haunting more familiar turf with their newly released single, “Well Made Play“. Christopher Gruse directed the below music video that accompanies that song.
That track is taken from The Armed‘s next full-length album, “The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed“, which Sargent House will be releasing on August 01st.
Vocalist Tony Wolski said of the clip:
“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.”
Speaking of the guest-filled album, he went on to add:
“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.”
Contributors to this latest volley from the ever-evolving collective include:
Ken Szymanski
Patrick Shiroishi
Urian Hackney
Kurt Ballou (Converge)
Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Meghan O’Neil (Punch)
Cara Drolshagen
Tony Wolski
Brian Wolski
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe)
Prostitute
Zach Weeks
Mark Guiliana
Kayleigh Goldsworthy
Derek Coburn
“The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed” track listing:
01 – “Well Made Play”
02 – “Purity Drag”
03 – “Kingbreaker”
04 – “Grace Obscure”
05 – “Broken Mirror” (feat. Prostitute)
06 – “Sharp Teeth”
07 – “I Steal What I Want”
08 – “Local Millionaire”
09 – “Gave up”
10 – “Heathen”
11 – “A More Perfect Design”
Pre-orders are available now through lnk.thearmed.com/TFIHAENTBD. If the below track isn’t enough for you, there’s also some live footage footage of this first single and the featured collab with Prostitute, “Broken Mirror“, to be seen. Speaking of, the band will be mounting the following dates with Prostitute this year:
08/14 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
08/15 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
08/16 Washington, DC – The Atlantis
09/16 Seattle, WA – Substation
09/17 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
09/19 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Shop
09/20 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre
12/12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
12/13 Detroit – El Club
