France’s Nightwatchers have announced plans for their sophomore album, Common Crusades. The album will be released this autumn through Lövely Records and follows their succesful 2019 debut, La Paix or le Sable. In anticipation of the album, the band has unveiled the first single – “1905 & The Muslim Exception“. The single can be heard below or on any streaming platform here. “Common Crusades” tackles the same issues that shaped Nightwatchers’, but from a different perspective. Both albums deal with events surrounding France‘s violent colonization and exploitation of its occurred territories. While the lyrics of “La paix ou le sable” is based on excerpts taken from two historical books and written with the objective of raising awaren...