Failure – “The Air’s On Fire” [Video]

Failure returns with a new video “The Air’s on Fire”

LA trio Failure — Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards, and Kelli Scott — are back with their seventh studio album Location Lost, dropping April 24th on Failure Records/Arduous Records/Virgin Music Group. Lead single “The Air’s on Fire” is exactly the kind of bruising, atmospheric gut punch you’d expect from these guys, and now it’s got a visual to match courtesy of director Sean Stout.

The backstory behind the song is genuinely intense. Right after wrapping editing on their Hulu/Disney+ documentary Every Time You Lose Your Mind, Andrews went through a serious back surgery that did not go smoothly. Like, he basically coded on the table. “Everything was spinning. I kept saying, ‘Turn the air on. I’m fine — just take me home,'” he recalls. Spoiler: he was not fine. The track captures all of that disorientation with suffocating atmospherics and a low end that feels like it’s sitting on your chest.

Location Lost has nine new tracks and honestly sounds like a band still figuring out what they want to be — in the best way possible. There’s “The Rising Skyline” featuring Paramore’s Hayley Williams, which goes full acoustic breakup mode. Then there’s “Solid State,” which feels like it could’ve slipped off Fantastic Planet without anyone noticing. The whole record has a focused, modern edge that doesn’t lean on nostalgia at all.

Failure hit the road this spring starting with an album release show April 21st in Los Angeles. All Under Heaven joins as support starting May 3rd. Pre-order Location Lost here.

FAILURE TOUR DATES

Apr 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon (Album Release Show)
Apr 25 – Las Vegas, NV – Sick New World Festival
May 02 – Chicago, IL – SPACE ECHO @ Radius
May 03 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
May 05 – Nashville, TN – Basement East
May 06 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Hell)
May 08 – Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville Festival
May 09 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy
May 10 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
May 12 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
May 13 – Cambridge, MA – Sinclair
May 14 – Hamden, CT – Space
May 15 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
May 16 – Harrisburg, PA – Arrow at Archer Music Hall
May 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
May 19 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
May 20 – Toronto, ON – Opera House