Defeater Finishes New Album: Drops July 16
Bridge Nine Records will be dropping Massachusetts band, Defeater’s new record, Letters Home, July 16th. Recorded at (guitarist) Maas’s own Getaway Recording Studio, the band just wrapped recording and vocalist Derek Archambault commented:
“Inspiration for this record came from a few places. Much like with Lost Ground, these stories are based around my two grandfathers’ service in WWII .” He continued, “Musically the record hearkens back to Travels and Lost Ground. EDSN was a bit of a departure for us, and I think we took some good chances on that record but Letters Home brings it back to why we started this band in the first place five years ago.”
This marks the band’s third full-length record and they claim it’s their best to date. The 10-track album is “heavy and haunting” with lyrics that revolve around the fathers of two brothers that were introduced in Defeater’s previous two records.
There’s no denying this is the band’s heaviest so far. Guitarist Jay Maas commented:
“Letters Home is more focused on sounding dirty and mean, but at the same time we have improved as songwriters so some of these ten tracks are our most accessible.”
July 16th marked the drop-date for the ten tracks and in support of Letters Home, the band will hit the road July 11 through August 4 on the second half of Warped Tour. Despite that tour being 95% pieces of shit, this is a band that will make it almost worth going. Check out the track list below for the new record and their tour dates below.
TRACK LIST
1. Bastards
2. No Shame
3. Hopeless Again
4. Blood In My Veins
5. No Relief
6. No Faith
7. Dead Set
8. No Savior
9. Rabbit Foot
10. Bled Out
TOUR DATES
July
11 Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center – Warped Tour
12 Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center – Warped Tour
13 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum – Warped Tour
14 Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theater – Warped Tour
16 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion – Warped Tour
17 Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion – Warped Tour
18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center – Warped Tour
19 Auburn HIlls, MI @ Palace – Warped Tour
20 Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater – Warped Tour
21 Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park – Warped Tour
23 Kansas City, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater – Warped Tour
24 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Warped Tour
25 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood – Warped Tour
26 St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park – Warped Tour
27 W. Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater – Warped Tour
28 Orlando, FL @ Central FL Fairgrounds – Warped Tour
29 Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Warped Tour
30 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center – Warped Tour
31 Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater – Warped Tour
August
2 Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion – Warped Tour
3 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center – Warped Tour
4 Houston, TX @ Reliant Center Parking Lot – Warped Tour
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