The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
by The Armed
- Type: Album
- Released: August聽1,聽2025
- Label: Sargent House
- Country: United States
- Length: 32:16
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 23 ratings
Artists on this release: Troy Van Leeuwen, Aaron Jones, Meghan O'Neil, Ben Chisholm, Kurt Ballou, Tony Wolski, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Patrick Shiroishi, Trevor Naud
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed', The Armed channels themes of contemporary Weltschmerz and societal decay into a spasmodic and furious sonic assault. The album largely abandons the relative accessibility of its predecessor for a faster, glitchier, and more chaotic sound, built upon a barrage of blast beats, dissonant guitars, and feral vocal outbursts. This unfiltered approach results in a dense and unrelenting statement that prioritizes visceral, chaotic impact over melodic cohesion as a direct response to modern dehumanization.
Genres
Descriptors: political, experimental, detroit, protest, fast
Tracklist
- Well Made Play (02:13)
- Purity Drag (03:28)
- Kingbreaker (01:59)
- Grace Obscure (03:14)
- Broken Mirror (02:31)
- Sharp Teeth (02:34)
- I Steal What I Want (02:06)
- Local Millionaire (03:37)
- Gave Up (02:15)
- Heathen (05:38)
- A More Perfect Design (02:41)
Credits
- Tony Wolski - performer, singer, music video director, screams, vocals
- Kurt Ballou - guitarist, performer, additional engineering
- Troy Van Leeuwen - guitarist, performer
- Justin Meldal-Johnsen - bassist, performer, additional engineering, additional production
- Aaron Jones - music video director, performer, photography
- Ben Chisholm - performer, producer
- Brian Wolski - performer
- Cara Drolshagen - performer
- Dan Greene - performer
- Derek Coburn - engineer, mixed by, performer, additional production
- Kenny Szymanski - performer
- Meghan O'Neil - performer, vocals
- Patrick Shiroishi - performer, keyboards, saxophone
- Trevor Naud - performer, photography
- Urian Hackney - performer
- Zach Weeks - additional engineering, performer
- Mark Guiliana - performer
- Kayleigh Goldsworthy - performer
- Christopher Gruse - music video director
- The Armed - design, producer, written-by, recorded by, primary artist
- Erin Carignan - coordinator
- Chris Koltay - additional engineering
- Kate Derringer - additional engineering
- Pete Min - additional engineering
- Steve "Snake" Green - additional engineering
- Ryan Cunningham - management [logistics]
- Robert Gniewek - photography
- Chris Elkjar - technician [technologies by]
- Michelangelo Accettura - technician [technologies by]
- Prostitute - performer