Pittsburgh punk rock iconoclasts ANTI-FLAG will be plenty busy in 2023. The band just kicked off their winter North American touring campaign alongside the legendary Flogging Molly, and today they are dropping a new music video for the song “SHALLOW GRAVES”.
Another heart-wrenching salvo off their new full-length, ‘Lies They Tell Our Children’, the track features guest vocals from burgeoning folk singer/songwriter Tré Burt, and touches on the ugly and inhumane passages of the American story.
The band shares:
“We were really adamant about creating a visual accompaniment for this song. To us, ‘Shallow Graves’ is a perfect encapsulation of the intention and concept of the new album. The evil and vile history of the United States of America, when traced back, creates a clear lineage of how its violent history begets its violent present begets its violent future.
“Drawing the parallels between the slaughtering of native peoples allowing for massive land grabs that lead to the thirst for the enslavement of Africans and the expansion of the slave trade. Moving further west to exploit Chinese migrant workers, Mexican males, and the creation of immoral border and immigration laws that are the framework for the mistreatment of immigrant and refugee communities today. Not to mention its ties to the modern NRA architect Harlon Carter, it’s just a breeding ground of evil.”
On the “Shallow Graves” video, they add: “INDECLINE and Pedro Millás were able to demonstrate and tell this story in a more beautiful and cinematic way than we could have ever hoped. We are grateful for their talent and vision. It’s a bit of a futile task for a 2min long punk song to attempt to summarize the fact that the ground beneath your feet, currently, no matter where you are, is rife with injustice and blood.”
‘LIES THEY TELL OUR CHILDREN’ TRACK LIST:
“SOLD EVERYTHING”
“MODERN META MEDICINE” (Feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage)
“LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE.” (Feat. Shane Told of Silverstein)
“THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES” (Feat. Tim McIlrath of Rise Against + Brian Baker of Bad Religion)
“IMPERIALISM” (Feat. Ashrita Kumar of Pinkshift)
“VICTORY OR DEATH (WE GAVE ‘EM HELL)” (Feat. Campino of Die Toten Hosen)
“THE HAZARDOUS”
“SHALLOW GRAVES” (Feat. Tré Burt)
“WORK & STRUGGLE”
“NVREVR” (Feat. Stacey Dee of Bad Cop/Bad Cop)
“ONLY IN MY HEAD”
ANTI-FLAG – 2023 Tour Dates, remaining shows
With FLOGGING MOLLY & SKINNY LISTER
2/5 – Columbia, SC @ The Senate
2/7 – Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine
2/8 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
2/10 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal
2/11 – Louisville, KY @ Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
2/14 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
2/15 – Richmond, VA @ The National
2/17 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory
2/18 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
2/19 – Hanover, MD @ The Hall at Live! Casino & Hotel
2/21 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Music Hall
2/22 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
2/24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
2/25 – Bethlehem, PA @ Wind Creek Event Center
2/26 – Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
2/28 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
3/1 – Syracuse, NY @ Landmark Theatre
3/3 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
3/4 – Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live
3/5 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ The Clyde Theatre
3/7 – Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live
3/8 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
3/10 – Kansas City, MO @ Harrah’s Voodoo Lounge
3/11 – Omaha, NE @ The Admiral
3/12 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
3/14 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
3/16 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – Chelsea Theatre
3/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
3/18 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium
3/19 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort
With BOUNCING SOULS
4/7 – Minneapolis, MN @The Varsity Theater
4/10 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
4/13 – Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
4/14 – Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
4/15 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
MAY US FESTIVALS
5/21 – Daytona, FL – Welcome to Rockville Festival @ Daytona International Speedway
5/25 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Festival @
2023 EUROPEAN FESTIVALS
June 2 – Rimini, Italy – Slam Dunk Italy
June 3-4 – Linz, AT – SBÄM Fest
June 8 – Hradec Kralove, CZ – Rock for People Festival
June 8-10 – Interlaken, CH – Greenfield Festival
June 16 – Scheessel, DE – Hurricane Festival
June 17 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE – Southside Festival
June 15-18 announced – Dessel, BE – Graspop
June 24 – Münster, DE – Vainstream Rockfest
With BOUNCING SOULS
10/12 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
10/15 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
10/18 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/19 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
10/21 – Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
10/22 – Calgary, AB @ Palace Theater
12/9 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
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