''Songs of Armor and Devotion'' is the ninth studio album from the American punk band

Strung Out Strung Out is an American punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1989. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of melodic punk rock, progressive rock and heavy metal to form their primary sound. They ...

. It was released on August 9, 2019 through

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on CD and LP. ''Songs of Armor and Devotion'' is the only album to feature drummer RJ Shankle, prior to his departure in July 2022. It was generally received well by critics. Shortly after, two collaboration beers was released with Lucky Luke Brewing Company (Palmdale, CA) in conjunction with the album release. One named “Armor” an IPA and “Devotion” a citrus wheat beer.

Background

Fat Wreck Chords announced the album on June 4, 2019, after frontman

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already revealed the name of the new album, ''Songs of Armor and Devotion,'' on May 15 on Episode 15 of the Dying Scene Podcast. A song on the new album, "Daggers", was released the same day. A US tour with

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in the fall of 2019 was announced on June 11. A new song called "Under the Western Sky" was released with an accompanying music video on July 10. The entire album was made available for streaming on August 7, two days before the official release.

Track listing

# "Rebels and Saints" - 3:54 # "Daggers" - 4:06 # "Ulysses" - 4:12 # "Under the Western Sky" - 3:51 # "Monuments" - 2:45 # "White Girls" - 2:42 # "Demons" - 3:38 # "Hammer Down" - 3:07 # "Disappearing City" - 2:49 # "Politics of Sleep" - 3:10 # "Diamonds and Gold" - 3:11 # "Strange Notes" - 2:45 # "Bloody Knuckles" - 3:45

Performers

* Chris Aiken - bass * RJ Shankle - drums * Jake Kiley - guitar * Rob Ramos - guitar, vocals *

- vocals

Charts

References

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