Baltimore experimental pop band
Lower Dens have announced the release of their fourth studio album '
The Competition'
The follow-up to 2015’s
Escape From Evil will be released on
September 6 via Ribbon Music. Pre-order your copy
here.
According to the press release,
The Competition is a pop album with a concept both emotionally and politically urgent, dealing with modern capitalism and its psychotic effects. Its 11 songs range in scope from the personal to the political, but overall express an epiphany: you need radical and unquestioning compassion for yourself if you’re to reimagine what society could be.
Speaking about the album, lead singer Jana Hunter says: “The issues that have shaped my life, for better or for worse, have to do with coming from a family and a culture that totally bought into this competitive mindset. I was wild and in a lot of pain as a kid; home life was very bleak, and pop songs were a guaranteed escape to a mental space where beauty, wonder, and love were possible. I wanted to write songs that might have the potential to do that."
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for their new single "
Young Republicans", below.