Against Me! - SHAPE SHIFT WITH ME (out September 16, 2016)

1. ProVision L-3
2. 12:03
3. Boyfriend
4. Crash
5. Delicate, Petite & Other Things I'll Never Be
6. 333
7. Haunting, Haunted, Haunts
8. Dead Rats
9. Rebecca
10. Norse Truth
11. Suicide Bomber
12. All This (And More)

Laura Jane Grace says:

Is there a record that is about relationships from a trans perspective? There needs to be more records about trans rights and everything like that, but feeling like I already did that, I wanted to move on to write commentary on living from a trans perspective. I wanted to write the transgender response to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St., Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville and the Streets' A Grand Don't Come for Free. All those records are relationship records. There's been an infinite amount of records talking about what love means from a cisgender perspective. I wanted to present the trans perspective on sex, love and heartbreak.

And here's the first single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6MZXzbuiPY

Second single from the upcoming record, "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-9KBDsfbLs

first single is awesome, this one hasn't hit me. can confirm from the last time i saw them live that at least four songs on this record are as good as anything they've done

I've warmed a bit to "333" but I'm not really feeling this new one after two listens. I'm hoping they've saved the best stuff for the album.

"boyfriend" in particular is great, can't wait to hear the studio version

Nice I love this band

and the Streets' A Grand Don't Come for Free

that's a really good record Whiney

I mean I know the presence of an English accent makes it a no-go for you but from the standpoint of, you know, listening to the record, it's really good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcGiQ1GRoOc

PROVISION L-3!

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/08/491518850/first-listen-against-me-shape-shift-with-me?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20160908

Especially since its following up one of my 2 or 3 favourite albums of the decade, I gotta say that the new one is letting me down a bit.

tom

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