Modern Life Is War Announce ‘Life On The Moon’ as Their First Album in 12 Years
For the first time in more than a decade, melodic hardcore outfit Modern Life Is War is releasing a brand new album. Titled Life On The Moon, the record will be released on September 5 via Deathwish Inc. and Iodine Recordings.
According to the band, the new album is meant to “serve as a tribute to loss, a reflection on grief, struggle and the beauty of living, the moments between dreams and nightmares, memories and desires.” To that end, the band released the album’s first single “Johnny Gone,” along with a visualizer you can check out below.
Speaking of the new track, vocalist and lyricist Jeff Eaton said the new track was written to spark something, though thanks to the cryptic nature of his statement, I can’t tell exactly what.
“A subvertisement. A joke? A Riddle. I feel so obsolete when it comes to all this and honestly it’s about time. I am constantly thinking of quitting. Johnny (not John Paul Eich, nor John Lyndon nor John Lennon) has been called an aimless folk zero. Accused of riding around in cars and printing revolutionary newspapers and going broke. He has ideas that burn him awake at night, he cannot hold a job. He is erotically moved by economic threats in white envelopes from government agencies. From East Palestine, Ohio to Tehran, Iran. A song to settle the score and use the platform for something worth it, for once and for the first time, try to have fun with it. Like a neurotic flash of lightning. A ball of fire in the night sky from a chattery missile sent to shatter peacetime. Starring Mickey Mouse, Mahsa Amini, Jinx, Jane and the Queen of California.”
Life On The Moon will be released on September 5, but you can preorder your copy today.
Life on the Moon, track list:
- Invocation
- First Song on the Moon
- There is a Telephone That Never Stops Ringing
- Empty Shoes
- Jackie Oh No
- Johnny Gone
- Homecoming Queen
- You Look Like the Morning Sun
- In the Shadow of Ingredion
- Bloodsport
- Kid Hard Dub
- Over the Road
- Talismanic
