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AJJ share two new singles; announce The Front Bottoms support tour
AJJ share two new singles; announce The Front Bottoms support tour
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 17:43
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AJJ will release 'Disposable Everything,' their newest album and debut for Hopeless Records, on May 26, and today they share the latest taste of the album via two new singles, “Death Machine” and “White Ghosts.” “Death Machine” is a track that distills the current environmental and political crises into less than two minutes of jittery, feel-good, punk rock urgency in the way that only AJJ can, and the humorous and wry “White Ghosts” is its perfect complement.  

AJJ on the two new videos:

“For the past several years, truck stops all across America have been selling these strange plastic skulls. You can find them over by the faerie/wizard snowglobes, right across from the knives that look like dragons. Our band has amassed a very well curated stable of these seemingly pointless death-tchotchkes. A favorite is one of Mark’s: a golden skull wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap that has a rhinestone skull & crossbones on it. That bad boy has a shitload of attitude. The very best of our respective truckstop skull collections are the stars of the video for our new song, ‘Death Machine.’ ‘White Ghosts’ also comes with a band-made video. We shot it with our phones, on a lark, live in the studio. Then Mark produced it, editing the footage together and subsequently mangling it with his analog video synthesizer. We're really happy with how these videos came out and hope you enjoy them!”

AJJ’s unparalleled live show has always been a bedrock of the band - they have played memorable tours with Joyce Manor, Against Me!, ROAR, Jeff Rosenstock, Kimya Dawson, and huge indie punk festivals, such as The Fest. AJJ have confirmed their first run of dates in support of Disposable Everything as the support for The Front Bottoms this Spring.

AJJ TOUR DATES

  • May 19 - Aura - Portland, ME *
  • May 20 - The Paramount - Long Island, NY *
  • May 22 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT *
  • May 23 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT *
  • May 25 - Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards - Lafayette, NY *
  • May 26 - College Street Music Hall - New Haven, CT *

* = support for The Front Bottom