Archers of Loaf have released an animated video for their latest single “Screaming Undercover.” The song is from their first new full-length studio album in 24 years, Reason in Decline, out October 21 via Merge Records.
“‘Screaming Undercover’ is definitely the heart of the new record,” says singer Eric Bachmann. “It came out quickly and it was the first lyric I actually finished for this collection of songs. I felt good after it had been written because I finally knew the point of view from which I could write more Archers songs. It had an urgent frustration in it that expressed what we were all feeling towards what the pandemic had taken from us, as well as the anger I felt personally towards the Trump administration and its dysfunctional embrace of anti-intellectualism, which unfortunately still seems to be infecting the culture and political climate.”
Previously, the band - Eric Bachmann (singer/guitar), Eric Johnson (guitar), Matt Gentling (bass), and Mark Price (drums) - released “In the Surface Noise,” for which Bachman notes, “we didn’t intend for this song to be political and it was written through a personal lens but as sometimes happens the lyrics (‘what’s more for them ain’t less for you’) ended up being more universal.”
Although Archers of Loaf have played a handful of reunion shows in the past couple of decades, they will tour in support of Reason in Decline. Initial dates are below.
1. Human
2. Saturation and Light
3. Screaming Undercover
4. Mama Was a War Profiteer
5. Aimee
6. In the Surface Noise
7. Breaking Even
8. Misinformation Age
9. The Moment You End
10. War Is Wide Open
Tour dates:
Nov 29 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
Nov 30 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Dec 01 The Sinclair – Boston, MA
Dec 02 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
Dec 03 The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
Dec 04 Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
Dec 01 The Sinclair – Boston, MA
Dec 02 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
Dec 03 The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
Dec 04 Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
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