Reunited punk outfit Desaparecidos will release their first album in 13 years, Payola, on June 23rd via Epitaph Records. In anticipation, it’s streaming in full at NPR.org.
The 14-track effort serves as the long-awaited follow-up to Desaparecidos’ 2002 debut, Read Music / Speak Spanish. The Conor Oberst-fronted band broke up shortly afterward, with Oberst turning his focus back toward Bright Eyes. In 2010, however, the group started performing live again with a reunion performance at the Concert For Equality in Omaha and then embarked on a full-fledged tour in 2012. This led to a return to the studio and the release of several 7-inch singles, some of which appear on this latest record.
According to a press release, the band “consciously tackled a wide range of political issues at a much broader scale,” adding, “It has a greater degree of focus and musicality than the first release. Payola is more raw, louder, and angrier.”
Pre-orders are ongoing.
Revisit the video for “City On The Hill” below.
Payola Tracklist:
01. The Left is Right
02. The Underground Man
03. City on the Hill
04. Golden Parachutes
05. Radicalized
06. MariKKKopa
07. Te Amo Camila Vallejo
08. Ralphy’s Cut
09. Backsell
10. Slacktivist
11. Search the Searches
12. 10 Steps Behind
13. Von Maur Massacre
14. Anonymous
