Just announced today, long time punk rock activists Anti-Flag will be releasing their tenth full-length album titled, American Spring.
With this being the band’s first new record since 2012’s The General Strike and rumors that it’ll be featuring both Rancid’s Tim Armstrong and Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, you can bet fans are extremely excited to hear what Anti-Flag has in store from them.
In regards to American Spring, the band released the following statement:
"We are excited to announce that our tenth full-length record will be released on Spinefarm Records this spring. There is no shortage of fodder for a new record of commentary on the social and political climate in 2015: Endless wars, the new Jim Crow and American injustice, corprotocracy, environmental coup d’état, the surveillance state, loss, grief and anxiety. We hope that these songs can grant us solace in a seemingly hopeless era.
It has been frustrating to see much punk rock music and music in general— quiet in the face of so many atrocities that are taking place around the world. This record is not quiet. If you are disillusioned with the status quo, these songs are for you. The American Spring is now.”
Spinefarm Records general manager Jonas Nachsin also stated, “Anti-Flag are a band with a message certainly, and in addition, the music is just as compelling. This album, our first with the band, is just incredible. While we are happy to help deliver it to their legion of devoted fans, our plan is also to extend it out to those who haven’t yet been exposed to this treasured act. We are proud that they chose us to bring on American Spring.”
The album’s release date as well as track listing has yet to be released so be sure to stay tuned for that. Also, if it’s been way too long since you’ve seen Anti-Flag live, be sure to catch them on Yahoo’s free web stream January 19.
