The Armed have announced their new album Perfect Saviors. The follow-up to 2021’s Ultrapop is out August 25 via Sargent House. The lead single “Sport of Form” features vocals from Julien Baker, and Iggy Pop stars as God in the video. Watch it below, and find the band’s just-announced headlining tour dates.
In press materials, the band said, “Too much information has made us dumb and confused. Too many ways to connect have inadvertently led to isolation. And too much expectation has forced everyone to become a celebrity. Predictable primal dangers have given way to newer social ones. And the result is a world that is confounding and terrifying—but ultimately still beautiful. We hope this record is exactly all of that, too. Perfect Saviors is our completely unironic, sincere effort to create the biggest, greatest rock album of the 21st century.”
The album features Ken Szymanski, Randall Lee, Tony Wolski, Dan Greene, Ben Chisholm, Urian Hackney, Cara Drolshagen, Troy Van Leeuwen, Patrick Shiroishi, Sarah Tudzin, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Mark Guiliana, Matt Sweeney, Bryan Aiken, Jacob Bannon, Julien Baker, Eric Avery, Stephen Perkins, Josh Klinghoffer, Chris Slorach, Zach Weeks, Brian Wolski, and Derek Coburn.
Perfect Saviors:
01 Sport of Measure
02 FKA World
03 Clone
04 Modern Vanity
05 Everything’s Glitter
06 Burned Mind
07 Sport of Form
08 Vatican Under Construction
09 Liar 2
10 In Heaven
11 Public Grieving
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The Armed:
08-03 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre !
08-04 Toronto, Ontario – Budweiser Stage !
08-05 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE !
08-07 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amp !
08-08 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann !
08-09 Washington, DC – The Anthem !
08-11 Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena !
08-12 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium !
08-14 Washington, DC – The Anthem !
08-15 Raleigh, NC – The Red Hat Amphitheater !
08-16 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit !
08-18 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theater !
08-19 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater !
10-19 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey ^
10-21 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall ^
10-23 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall ^
10-24 Seattle, WA – Neumos ^
11-16 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
11-17 New York, NY – TBA
11-18 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Sound Stage *
12-15 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall &
12-16 Chicago, IL – Metro &
! with Queens of the Stone Age
^ with Shutups
* with SPACED
& with Model/Actiz