Airborne Toxic Event @ Ace of Spades

AS Heard on K-ZAP!

It’s finally here. The new Airborne Toxic Event record, entitled Glory, is completed and will be released the last week of August, followed immediately by a full US tour, beginning September 7th.

“This record is not what I expected to be making after Hollywood Park. I’ve always believed songwriting should capture one’s journey through the world, emotionally, spiritually, ontologically—and this record Glory is very much about the child running through the night you see on the cover of the record, the person he becomes, the ghosts he carries. Is he seeking a glory he is forever unable to capture? Is the act of seeking itself a result of living with these ghosts? What does this mean for his relationship to his art, to his family, to his relationships? In what ways does he lament it, brag about it, express anger, sorrow, regret? How does one think about death in this context?

Again. I never thought this is the record I would make after Hollywood Park. Because the journey continues and the answers are different from what I thought they’d be.

You can see the cover art for Glory now plus join our listening party this Friday at 5pm where we will be playing new songs from the new record and discussing their creation by joining Medici.

Glory. Out in 5 months. Tour to follow. We’ll see you in those rooms so bright you can see from space on the last night on Earth.”

-Mikel