From forthcoming album ‘Adapting // Crawling’ out April 18 via Iron Lung Records.

Bandunleash their vital 64-second onslaught, ‘Cog II’. The single “grapples with how the governing bodies view their citizenry in a time of crisis. People are treated as an expendable resource not unlike gasoline, compost or potable water. To achieve their ends, they take what they want from us and throw the rest away. So wasteful and inhumane” Iron Lung express. “To the powers that control existence, human life is worthless. We’re used and discarded, treated like human garbage. They’re waiting for the breakdown. We’re fertilizer. We are worth absolutely nothing. Totally expendable. The process of being replaced has begun again.” Its arresting video presents a patient being prepped and processed for Electro Shock Therapy treatment in 1941 at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Watch it below.

On ‘Adapting // Crawling’, the first new album in 12 years from hardcore / DIY vets Iron Lung, duo Jensen Ward and Jon Kortland take head shots at mental health with specific emphasis on the exacting tolls the past five years have taken on humanity. From the beginning, they have ethically / sonically approached the world: Do It Yourself, obscure, extreme, maladjusted and utterly free from the constraints of “music” or, more widely, rules in general. Each record has been written around a concept.

‘Adapting // Crawling’ Tracklist:

01. Adapting
02. Internal Monologue
03. Lifeless Life
04. Shift Work
05. Poisoned Sand
06. Everything Is A Void (Album Version)
07. A Veiled Eye
08. Perfect Ending
09. A Loving Act
10. Purgatory Dust
11. Virus
12. Purgatory Dust (Finale)
13. Acres Of Skin
14. Hospital Tile
15. Cog II
16. HeLa Cells
17. Failure
18. Survived By…

Iron Lung Live Dates:

Apr 18-20: Seattle, WA – The Vera Project * (WHAT WE LIKE Weekend)
Jun 11: Reykjavik, IS
Jun 13-15: Copenhagen DK – Ungdomshuset (K-Town Hardcore Fest)
Jun 18: London, UK – New River Studios ~
Jun 19: Bristol, UK – Exchange ~
Jun 22: Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
Jul 11: Brisbane, AU – Crowbar
Jul 12: Sydney, AU – Marrickville Bowls Club
Jul 13: Melbourne, AU – Fairfield Bowls Club
Jul 18: Melbourne, AU – The Tote
Jul 19: Frankston, AU – Singing Bird Studio
Jul 20: Perth, AU – The Bird
Jul 24: Tokyo, JP – Earthdom
Jul 25: Nagoya, JP – Huckfinn
Jul 27: Osaka, JP – Bears
Jul 28: Tokyo, JP – Moonstep
Jul 29: Yokohama, JP – El Puente

* w/ Slant, Bootlicker, Physique, Direct Threat, Crawl Space
~ w/ Bad Breeding

Photo by Christina Hamilton