Huge congrats are in order!
August Burns Red released their new album ‘Guardians’ on April 03 via Fearless Records.
This week the album has charted at No.3 on the Billboard 200, the band’s highest ever position on that particular chart.
Their previous highest placed position was No.9 with both ’13’s ‘Rescue & Restore’ and ’15’s ‘Found In Far Away Places’.
Huge congratulations to the band!
They have also released two incredible videos leading up to the album’s release.
Here’s the comic book homage of ‘Defender’:
And here’s the technologically fascinating ‘Bones’:
We spoke to the band all about the album in a recent issue of Rock Sound.
Here’s a snippet for you, with vocalist Jake Luhrs detailing what the record represents:
“When we were bringing together all the lyrical content we had and seeing what this record was about, what we realised was that it was about heart and love and recognising the fact that we need each other. We all have authority. We all have power. We all have strength. And we can share all of that to help and protect each other.”
“There’s not a song on this record that doesn’t hit home for me in a compassionate sense. What we’re trying to represent is that it doesn’t matter what you struggle with or who you are. What matters is that you have the choice and the opportunity to love the person beside you. We all need that.”
“We’re now in a position where we can share something real. We’re not like Blink-182 talking about how a girl broke our heart. This record is about being there, both spiritually and mentally and conveying a message that has power and passion behind it. That’s what’s important.”
This is just a taster of what the band had to say about the record as well!
You can read the full interview inside Dance Gavin Dance’s issue of Rock Sound.
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