Label: Merge
Released 10/21/2022
As sculpted shards of guitar—tumbling, tolling, squalling—shower the jittery bounce of a piano on opener “Human,” it’s obvious that Reason in Decline, Archers of Loaf’s first album in 24 years, will be more than a nostalgic, low-impact reboot. When they emerged from North Carolina’s ’90s indie-punk incubator, the Archers’ hurtling, sly, gloriously dissonant roar was a mythologized touchstone of slacker-era refusal. But this is an entirely different noise. In fact, it’s a startling revelation. Reason in Decline will be released worldwide by Merge Records on October 21st, 2022.
Track listing:
- Human
- Saturation and Light
- Screaming
- Undercover
- Mama Was a War
- Profiteer
- Aimee
- In the Surface Noise
- Breaking Even
- Misinformation Age
- The Moment You End
- War Is Wide Open