Anti-Flag announce new album ‘American Reckoning’
ANTI-FLAG have announced a new album!
The upcoming album, titled American Reckoning, features acoustic versions of songs from the political punk’s past two albums and is scheduled to be released in September this year.
The upcoming record was recorded in Pittsburgh, PA, and mixed and mastered by the band’s long time engineer Justin Francis and speaking about the upcoming record, the band says, “when you’re a band that has been together as long as ANTI-FLAG has you take nothing for granted. We have far exceeded any personal expectations we have had for the band, our art and the reach that it has had. This chapter of our band started with the hope of American Spring, the anger of American Fall and comes to cessation with American Reckoning…
This piece focuses on songs from both records (Spring/Fall) that we felt maintain their relevance, even in the distraction politic Donald Trump America, where issues and truth are distorted in a seconds time. We also wanted to provide insight into our influences that lead us to write the records, that’s where the covers come in. They are songs that people may not expect to be influential to ANTI-FLAG records but either in their messaging or sonics they were tremendously impactful to us as individuals and hence the song writing process.
We can not be knee jerk reactionary to a president that uses corporate media to endlessly lie, we created statements and art that we feel directly combat these tactics, American Reckoning has allowed us to revisit some of those previous statements and shine new light on them.”
Alongside the announcement of the new record, the band have released a brand new music video for the acoustic version of The Debate Is Over (If You Want It). The new music video was filmed in the band’s hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, and directed by Josh Massie and ANTI-FLAG.
Watch the official music video for The Debate Is Over (If You Want It) here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record, both of which are available to view below:
Track List:
1. The Debate Is Over (If You Want It)
2. Trouble Follows Me
3. American Attraction
4. When The Wall Falls
5. Racists
6. Set Yourself On Fire
7. Brandenburg Gate
8. Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon cover)
9. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
10. Surrender (CHEAP TRICK cover)
American Reckoning is set for release on September 28th via Spinefarm Records.
For more information on ANTI-FLAG like their official page on Facebook.
