Detroit music collective The Armed have announced their new album, ULTRAPOP, available April 16 through Sargent House Records—their first album for the label. The album follows on from 2018’s highly acclaimed ONLY LOVE. Featuring collaborations with Mark Lanegan and Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age), ULTRAPOP is the first album to be co-produced by the octet’s own vocalist and guitarist Dan Greene in collaboration with Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe). Kurt Ballou (Converge, Zeal & Ardor, Russian Circles) remains at the helm as executive producer. ‘Ultrapop’ is said to be the genre of music that said album features. Pulling from the same extremities of sonic expression as metal, noise, and otherwise “heavy” counterculture music subgenres, the foundation of ULTRAPOP is firmly roote...
