Hardcore collective The Armed have announced their new album, The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed, out August 1st via Sargent House. As a preview for the new project, the group dropped lead single “Well Made Play,” which you can check out below.
The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed is The Armed’s follow-up to 2023’s Perfect Saviors. While The Armed have had a rotating lineup since their 2009 debut, it appears that this album was recorded with a core unit of Patrick Shiroishi, Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails), Derek Coburn, Chris Elkjar, George Clarke (Deafheaven), and Dylan Fujioka.
The LP also features contributions from 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. Check out the full tracklist below.
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“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,” vocalist Tony Wolski said in a statement. “It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality.”
The Armed also announced a nine-date headlining tour in support of the new album, which will hit North American cities from late summer to early winter. The tour will begin in Cambridge, Massachusetts on August 14th and move through San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and more. The band will wrap up the tour in their hometown of Detroit on December 13th. See a full list of dates below. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 23rd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
The band dropped “Well Made Play” as the first offering from the new album, which features vocals from Deafheaven’s Clarke. The track references a genre of 19th-century French dramas that portray moral lessons in clean, tidy narratives. This image stands in stark contrast to the song’s Christopher Gruse-directed music video, which features two people fighting over a prize jet ski in the middle of a warehouse. Check it out below.
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<p><em><strong>The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed </strong></em><strong>Tracklist:<br /></strong>01. Well Made Play<br />02. Purity Drag<br />03. Kingbreaker<br />04. Grace Obscure<br />05. Broken Mirror ft. Prostitute<br />06. Sharp Teeth<br />07. I Steal What I Want<br />08. Local Millionaire<br />09. Gave Up<br />10. Heathen<br />11. A More Perfect Design<strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>The Armed 2025 Tour Dates:<br /></strong>08/14 — Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair *<br />08/15 — New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge *<br />08/16 — Washington DC @ The Atlantis *<br />09/16 — Seattle, WA @ SUBSTATION *<br />09/17 — Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *<br />09/19 — San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *<br />09/20 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre *<br />12/12 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *<br />12/13 — Detroit, MI @ El Club *</p>
<p>* = w/ Prostitute</p>
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