The Armed – ‘ULTRAPOP’
If you have followed the career of The Armed, then you will know their existence has been clouded in mystery… until now. With album number four, ‘ULTRAPOP’, the Detroit-based collective have pulled off the veil by revealing themselves to be an eight-piece. Well, that’s at least publicly. Guitarist and vocalist Adam Vallely recently stated ”25 to 30 people at any one time” have contributed to The Armed. Besides the eight faces revealed, Ben Koller is credited as one of two drummers alongside Urian Hackney while Koller’s Converge bandmate, Kurt Ballou, is the album’s “executive producer”, fuelling the rumours that he’s long been pulling the strings behind the scenes. This incarnation sees The Armed as bold as ever. Rooted in hardcore, the octet aim to fuse counterculture with a pop foundatio...
