Modern Life Is War made a short video documenting the making of their upcoming record, Midnight In America, out August 21 on their new label Equal Vision. The video is pretty much exactly how I thought it was going to be; more shots of what they do while they are wasting time on the road and less informational scenes about what inspired their songs and recording with J. Robbins.

The new tracks that can be heard in the video hint that they’re taking the new album in a much different direction than Witness (Deathwish). The songs are much slower and even include a cover of the folk song “Stagger Lee.”

In the past two years MLIW have toured almost nonstop. The beauty of their previous releases was that the lyrics focused on the day to day life of living in a slow town in middle America. By being away from their muse I wonder where they will draw inspiration from for this new album. Speaking of touring, the band is currently on tour with He Is Legend, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, and Paulson. Click read more for dates and the video of the making of their new CD.

07/24 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
07/25 - The Fillmore at the TLA - Philadelphia, PA
07/26 - School of Rock - South Hackensack, NJ
07/27 - The Knitting Factory - New York, NY
07/28 - Peekskill Elks Lodge - Peekskill, NY
07/29 - Revolution Hall - Troy, NY
07/30 - Living Room Inc. - Providence, RI
07/31 - The Palladium - Worcester, MA
08/04 - The Soapbox Laundrolounge- Wilmington, NC
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