The Arrivals, who mentioned a new album when we saw them at FEST 23, have now formally announced Payload, the first album from the Chicago, IL rooted punk band in 16 years.
Payload will release "soon" via Recess Records, which also released Volatile Molotov in 2010. The new album was recorded by Joe Gac (Meat Wave) at Electrical Audio studio in Chicago. A new single is out now (below) -- the video filmed by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Thotz’s son, Cyric.
“It’s still wild to me how every time we get into a room together, after being separated by large swaths of miles and time, we just pick up exactly where we left off. We’ve used the word ‘magic’ unironically more than once. This record definitely captures who we are now, 16 years after our last record, and it shows. It’s got some flavors we haven’t served up yet. But it’s 100% us. 100% Arrivals,” guitarst/vocalist Dave Merriman says.
