Algiers Announce New Album ‘Shook’, Enlist Zack de la Rocha for New Single ‘Irreversible Damage’

    Algiers have announced their new album: Shook comes out February 24 via Matador. The follow-up to 2020’s There Is No Year will include the previously released single ‘Bite Back’ (with billy woods and Backxwash), as well as the new track ‘Irreversible Damage’, which features Zack de la Rocha. “The end of that song is the sound of joy,” frontman Franklin James Fisher said in a statement. “That’s what hope sounds like in 2022 when everything’s falling apart.” Check it out below and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.

    Spanning 17 tracks, the LP also includes collaborations with Big Rube (The Dungeon Family), Samuel T. Herring (Future Islands), Jae Matthews (Boy Harsher), LaToya Kent (Mourning [A] BLKstar), Nadah El Shazly, DeForrest Brown Jr. (Speaker Music), Patrick Shiroishi, Lee Bains III, and Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls, The Make-Up, Kid Congo Powers).

    “I think this record is us finding home,” bassist Ryan Mahan said. Fisher added: “It was a whole new positive experience — having a renewed relationship with the city we’re from and having a pride in that. I like the idea that this record has taken you on a voyage but it begins and ends in Atlanta.”

    Shook Cover Artwork:

    Shook Tracklist:

    1. Everybody Shatter [feat. Big Rube]
    2. Irreversible Damage
    3. 73%
    4. Cleanse Your Guilt Here
    5. As It Resounds [feat. Big Rube]
    6. Bite Back [feat. billy woods & Backxwash]
    7. Out of Style Tragedy [feat. Mark Cisneros]
    8. Comment #2
    9. A Good Man
    10. I Can’t Stand It! [feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews]
    11. All You See Is
    12. Green Iris
    13. Born [feat. LaToya Kent]
    14. Cold World [feat. Nadah El Shazly]
    15. Something Wrong
    16. An Echophonic Soul [feat. DeForrest Brown Jr. & Patrick Shiroishi]
    17. Momentary [feat. Lee Bains III]

    Algiers 2023 Tour Dates:

    Thu Feb 9 – Ireland, Dublin, Workman’s
    Wed Feb 15 – Belgium, Brussels, Botanique Rotonde
    Thu Feb 16 – Switzerland, Winterthur Salzhaus
    Fri Feb 17 – Italy, Ravenna, Bronson
    Sat Feb 18 – Italy, Pordenone, Capitol
    Mon Feb 20 – Slovenia, Ljubljana, Kino Šiška
    Tue Feb 21 – Austria, Vienna, Flex
    Wed Feb 22 – Austria, Linz, Posthof
    Fri Feb 24 – Czech Republic, Prague, Lucerna Music Bar
    Sat Feb 25 – Poland, Warsaw, Niebo
    Wed Mar 1 – Germany, Dresden, Beatpol
    Thu Mar 2 – Germany, Berlin, Hole44
    Fri Mar 3 – Germany, Bielefeld, Forum
    Sat Mar 4 – Germany, Schorndorf, Manufaktur
    Sun Mar 5 – Germany, Cologne, Club Volta
    Tue Mar 7 – France, Paris, Petit Bain
    Wed 8 Mar – UK London, The Dome

    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.

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