Defeater Defeater

Massachusettshardcore band Defeater have announced their new self-titled album. Defeaterwill be released May 10 on Epitaph. This is Defeater"s fifth full-lengthrelease and their first in 4 years. The first new single, "Mothers" Sons"features blistering guitars that take the song into something chaotic andbeautiful.Defeater was produced with Will Yip(Quicksand, La Dispute, Blacklisted, Ms. Lauryn Hill) whose enthusiasm andtalent pushed the songs to their fullest potential. Defeater showcasesthe band at their most devastating and sonically arresting to date. It is aspummeling as it is atmospheric.Yet it"sbeen a long journey to where the band is now. Years of touring took their tollon the friends that make up the current lineup of Derek Archambault (vocals),Jake Woodruff (guitar), Adam Crowe (guitar), Mike Poulin (bass) and JoeLongobardi (drums). Health, substance abuse issues, and ejecting a longtimemember had made a touring hiatus necessary. After a few months at home,working and decompressing, the fire to write a new record caught everyone in amajor way.The resultof time off and the band"s renewed energy, Defeater has created their mostorganic batch of songs yet. And in Defeater fashion, the instrumentation iscomplimented by a narrative approach. Archambault explores his own "Glassfamily" (an homage to the J.D. Salinger characters) from new perspectives.