{"id":32686,"date":"2018-02-02T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=32686"},"modified":"2018-01-27T18:16:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T18:16:13","slug":"awolnation-here-come-the-runts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/awolnation-here-come-the-runts\/","title":{"rendered":"Awolnation – ‘Here Come The Runts’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s loud. It’s fast, it’s Awolnation’s latest third studio album, ‘Here Come The Runts’ exploding out of your speakers. Out today, it’s an absolute whirl of electronica and rock guitars in fourteen tracks.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Opening ferociously with the title track it doesn’t let off. At all. It’s a fun album with lyrics which give the listener the impression the band doesn’t take themselves very seriously. But at the same time there’s a certain earnestness reminding us of LCD Soundsystem – on other hand, they strike us as not taking themselves too seriously either.<\/p>\n

‘Here Come The Runts’ follows their platinum certified debut album, ‘Megalithic Symphony’, and their 2015 release, ‘Run’. ‘Megalithic Symphony’ featured the hit single ‘Sail’. The song sold over six million copies and became the second longest-charting song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

Three videos have so far been spawned by the album; the highly entertaining ‘Seven Sticks Of Dynamite’, featuring cameos by (legendary tattoo artist) Dr Woo, Rick Rubin, and Duff McKagan.<\/p>\n

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