Hear Alien Weaponry’s New Single ‘1000 Friends’
Alien Weaponry have shared their new single “1000 Friends” from their upcoming album, Te Rā.
The song sees the band raging against the way social media impacts not only our lives, but our mental health and the human psyche. “‘1000 Friends’ encapsulates the shifting way we socialize today, and the impact it has on the human psyche,” said frontman Lewis Raharuhi de Jong. “We can often feel disconnected from the outside world. The human mind wasn’t built to comprehend the world we are currently living in.”
Watch the video for “1000 Friends” below.
Speaking about the album as a whole, de Jong says “We really stepped it up this time, as we understood that this album had to go further. We went through a lot of songs and scrapped entire sections of songs. We kept working them and working them until we got them right. Then, with the way we were pushing ourselves musically, I knew it was important to challenge myself lyrically as well. This time I delved into difficult emotional places and mental states. There’s a lot of existential dread running through the album, and I tried to find the right words to describe the indescribable.”
Te Rā arrives on March 28th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders can be found here.
Alien Weaponry are currently wrapping up their tour supporting Kerry King. Next month, they’ll launch their headlining New Zealand tour. See all their dates here.
Photo by Frances Carter
