Limited clear vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download.
The Armed returned with their first new album in over three years and Sargent House debut, Ultrapop. The album reaches the same extremities of sonic expression as the furthest depths of metal, noise, and otherwise "heavy" counterculture music subgenres but finds it's foundation firmly in pop music and pop culture. As is always The Armed's mission, it seeks only to create the most intense experience possible, a magnification of all culture, beauty, and things.
Ultrapop follows their recent contribution to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack 'Night City Aliens' and 2018's critically acclaimed album Only Love, which landed on 'Album of the Year' lists from The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Vice, Stereogum, and many more. The album was co-produced by the band's own Dan Greene in collaboration with Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe) and features contributions from Mark Lanegan, Troy Van Leeuwen (QOTSA, A Perfect Circle), Ben Koller (Converge, Mutoid Man) and more.
A1 Ultrapop
A2 All Futures
A3 Masunaga Vapors
A4 A Life So Wonderful
A5 An Iteration
A6 Big Shell
B1 Average Death
B2 Faith In Medication
B3 Where Man Knows Want
B4 Real Folk Blues
B5 Bad Selection
B6 The Music Becomes A Skull