Team Loaf, assemble! Archers of Loaf are back with Reason in Decline, their fifth studio album. Get your copy on CD or LP (available on both limited-edition white with purple & red swirl Peak Vinyl or standard black) in the Merge store and participating independent record stores. In addition, there is a North Carolina–exclusive edition of Reason in Decline, available at select NC indie record stores, that features a free print by Laird Dixon, photographed by John Bowman, as well as a Vinyl Me, Please numbered exclusive on purple with black & white swirl vinyl.

As if that's not enough release-day hype, Archers of Loaf invite you to celebrate their new record by checking out the lyric video for “Saturation and Light.” 

Not content to ride the goodwill and nostalgia for their 1990s output, Archers of Loaf’s return pushes the group into entirely new sonic territory, the twin guitar attack of Eric Bachmann and Eric Johnson entwining with Bachmann’s emotionally matured lyrics to create an album of startling, clear-eyed immediacy. Listen to and share Reason in Decline today!

Advance praise for Reason in Decline:

“On Reason in Decline, their first album in 24 years, the singer-guitarist Eric Bachmann reclaims the band’s lovably ornery spirit, working in the hard truths of middle age.” —The New York Times

“the North Carolina rockers sound furious about, well, everything, as they well should! Over ear-splitting distortion and explosive drums, Eric Bachmann’s sandpaper vocals sound ready to tear it all down.” —Stereogum

“a sprawling, massive-sounding tune that finds a smart balance between past and present” —Consequence on “In the Surface Noise”

“The lead singles from Reason in Decline suggest that they’ve had a lot of ragged punk rock energy still left in the tank. They sound as loud and raucous as ever, and it’s hard not to be excited about that.” —Treble

Archers of Loaf on tour:
Nov 29 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
Nov 30 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Dec 01 The Sinclair – Boston, MA
Dec 02 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
Dec 03 The Broadberry – Richmond, VA
Dec 04 Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
Jan 10 Thunderbird Music Hall – Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 11 Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON
Jan 12 El Club – Detroit, MI
Jan 13 The Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
Jan 14 Delmar Hall – St. Louis, MO
Jan 15 Basement East – Nashville, TN
Feb 07 Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA
Feb 08 Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
Feb 10 Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
Feb 11 Mississippi Studios – Portland, OR
Feb 12 Neumos – Seattle, WA