Alien Weaponry will release their new album Tangaroa September 17th through Napalm Records. The band released a video for the title track along with the announcement, which you can find below.
Lewis de Jong, the band’s vocalist/guitarist offered the following comment:
“We decided to write this song about how the ocean is being suffocated by humans and their waste. The ocean is an important part of my life, and it’s important to protect it.”
Henry de Jong, the band’s drummer added:
“‘Tangaroa‘ is a heavy and angry message about how we are destroying the ocean with pollution and overfishing. The video ties in with this message, with us drowning in plastic conveying the struggle of ocean life.”
Regarding the album, Henry stated:
“The album is tied together with the message of ‘Tangaroa’ – the whole album is more a snapshot of the band’s brains during the writing process. We have also written songs that are about some of our first tupuna (ancestors) who were here in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Hatupatu, who is very famous in Maori history, as well as Ihenga, who named a number of places in Aotearoa during his travels.”
Tangaroa track listing:
01 – “Titokowaru”
02 – “Hatupatu”
03 – “Ahi KaT”
04 – “Tangaroa”
05 – “Unforgiving”
06 – “Blinded”
07 – “Kai Whatu”
08 – “Crooked Monsters”
09 – “Buried Underground”
10 – “Dad”
11 – “Ihenga”
12 – “Down The Rabbit Hole”
You can grab a pre-order here.
Alien Weaponry will be out on tour in the U.S. with Gojira and Knocked Loose this fall, on the following dates:
10/09 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival (no Knocked Loose)
10/11 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
10/13 Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
10/14 Wichita, KS – The Cotillion
10/15 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
10/17 New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre
10/19 Tampa, FL – Jannus Live
10/20 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
10/22 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
10/23 Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/25 Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
10/27 Portland, ME – State Theatre
10/28 Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory
10/29 Cleveland, OH – The Agora
