Label: Republic Records

ASIN: NA

About the Album: AFI has always had a particular sound. Filled with brutal levity and a powerful sound not unlike early Nirvana, the band has never been one to shy away from exploring darkness. On their ninth album Burials, out 10/22, the group tried to move away from that a little bit…but will be the first ones to admit they failed. They spoke to Rolling Stone a little bit about that gap: It is certainly – embarrassingly so – a very dark album, especially in its candidness, which is something, to be honest, that’s disappointing to me,” he says. “It’s something I just keep coming back to – I can’t escape it. It’s always a joy to me to reach away from that. But the themes and sentiments on this record are within that darker realm and that darker tone because I’ve always been honest in everything that I write. It’s beyond me. I’m crippled. There’s nothing I can do but be genuine in my writing, and that’s what came out this time – without any sort of pointed effort.”

“I really feel [the title] speaks of the overall sentiment of the record,” he continues. “The album really speaks of a burial of a silence and the burials that result from those silences of panic and anxiety and betrayal and cruelty – and a loss of self, a loss of stability.”

Single Spotlight: “I Hope You Suffer” is as angry a breakup song as anyone could hope for. Please enjoy if you need and have at!