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The Armed have revealed the details for their new album “Perfect Saviors.” The effort will be released on August 25 and it will feature contributions from Julien Baker, Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age), Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction), Josh Klinghoffer (ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers), Sarah Tudzin (Illuminati Hotties), Mark Guiliana (Beat Music), Patrick Shiroishi, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen (ex-Nine Inch Nails).

“Perfect Saviors” Track Listing:

01. “Sport Of Measure”
02. “FKA World”
03. “Clone”
04. “Modern Vanity”
05. “Everything’s Glitter”
06. “Burned Mind”
07. “Sport Of Form”
08 “Patient Mind”
09. “Vatican Under Construction”
10. “Liar 2”
11. “In Heaven”
12. “Public Grieving”

Vocalist Tony Wolski commented:

“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.”

A video for the effort’s first single, “Sport Of Form” (feat. Julien Baker), can be found below. Notably, the new clip features Iggy Pop. Woslki said the following about the track:

“There are two types of sport — those of measure and those of form. A sport of measure like basketball, football, or soccer has a point system and a sort of binary path to victory. A sport of form is something like diving, figure skating, or bodybuilding — something with evolving standards and a layer of subjectivity and some sort of critical component.

The world that surrounds us is complex, and our lives are truly more akin to a sport of form than one of measure. Yet, so many people see it as exactly the opposite. Lyrically, this song is about the human need to win a game that we’re not even actually playing. Sonically, it is a reflection of that cognitive dissonance through a constant whiplash between beauty and ugliness, severity and tenderness, obscenity and grace.”

In other news, the band also have the following dates booked:

With Queens Of The Stone Age and Phantogram:

08/03 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
08/04 Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
08/05 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors
08/07 Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
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
08/15 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
08/16 Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit
08/18 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
08/19 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

The Armed:

10/19 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
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
11/18 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
12/15 Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
12/16 Chicago, IL – Metro