Metal Anarchy

Armor For Sleep have announced a new album titled “There Is No Memory.” The effort will be released on November 7 and it can be pre-ordered HERE.

“There Is No Memory” Track Listing:

01. “The Outer Ring”
02. “Breathe Again”
03. “In Another Dream”
04. “I’d Set Fire”
05. “Maybe The Sky Will Break”
06. “What a Beautiful World”
07. “A Sky Full of Black Holes”
08. “Ice on the Lake”
09. “Always Daylight”
10. “Last Days”
11. “All The Best”

Ben Jorgensen commented:

“When you’re going through a traumatic experience — and are actually underwater in an event such as a divorce — it’s very difficult to have any kind of perspective on anything other than that one thing that’s consuming all aspects of your life. ‘The Rain Museum’ was written right after I went through this crazy life event. For this one, in contrast, I’m higher off that waterline, and I have a broader perspective now. I’ve been taking stock of my life as a whole, and so I found myself thinking and writing about the strange experience of memories and the power they have over all facets of who I am.

It’s an exploration of me wondering how much of my life is controlled by what I’ve been through. And trying to unpack all sorts of different memories, whether they’re from relationships I’ve been through, betrayals, addictions, friends I’ve lost along the way. It’s me wondering if I am just the collective sum of all the things I’ve lived through or if there is a me underneath it all who can still choose his own fate.”

He also explained the title:

“While working on these demos one day, my computer crashed. But right before completely freezing, it spit out an error message on the screen that said: ‘THERE IS NO MEMORY.’”

A video for the latest single, “Breathe Again,” can be found below. The following was said about that in a press release:

“[It’s] a song about trying to come to grips with the fact that there was someone who you thought would be there for you through thick and thin who instead used a moment when you were at your lowest point to hurt you deeper than you thought possible.”

Jorgensen added:

“This person has since moved on and there is really no reconciliation possible for us, so this song is my attempt at sorting through the situation and trying to find some resolution. I think at the end, I attempt to forgive, but honestly the pain was just too great for me to really allow that.”