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Baltimore’s War On Women were born screaming—at the world, at the status quo, in the face of oppression. The band has announced their forthcoming album "Capture The Flag" out April 13th, 2018 via Bridge Nine - which calcifies that rage, and no one in its wake is safe. Much more than a collection of songs or sonic experiment, "Capture The Flag" is a call to action that cannot be ignored.

With hundreds of shows and years of activism behind them, "Capture The Flag", finds War On Women more dogged than ever. Taking shape over the course of summer 2017, the band’s sophomore effort delves into injustices at both the macro and micro levels. Religious subjugation, gun violence, armchair activists, gender orgasm gap, female genital mutilation, the fetishization of motherhood, and toxic relationships—no breed of oppression defies War On Women’s purview. Recorded with J Robbins in Magpie Cage Recording Studio, "Capture The Flag", finds the band in their sonic wheelhouse, wedged somewhere between rebellious and rousing.

Enlisting the talents of their activist predecessors (Kathleen Hanna), glass ceiling shattering contemporaries (Joanna Angel), and own family (Brooks’s daughter Eva), "Capture The Flag", is a composite character of one of hardcore’s most riling bands. Ceding the gang vocals that peppered their debut album, War On Women opted to cultivate the singular voices of women who have devoted their lives to riling against the powers that be. The result is a crucible of discontent that will inspire as much as it will incense.  As is their modus operandi, War On Women have not stopped at the music. "Capture The Flag" will also receive its own college-level companion workbook. Inspired by the academic community’s fervent embrace of their self-titled record, War On Women have decided to not only join the conversation, but also facilitate it. This workbook—which will be available for preorder with "Capture The Flag" includes a lyric sheet and song dissections, relevant quotes, a reading list, directory of resources, and national support hotline numbers. War On Women are neither a crew of young bucks nor a contagion of seasoned legends. They don’t fit neatly into metalloid machismo or hulking hardcore tropes. They have nothing to prove, and there’s nothing more delightfully dangerous than that.

Check out the album's artwork and tracklisting below.


TRACKLISTING:

1.  Lone Wolves
2.  Silence is the Gift
3.  Capture the Flag
4.  Dick Pics
5.  Pleasure & The Beast
6.  Childbirth
7.  The Violence of Bureaucracy
8.  Divisive Shit
9.  Predator in Chief
10.  Anarcha
11.  YDTMHTL
12.  The Chalice & The Blade

Check out the list of dates their upcoming tour below!

TOUR DATES:

April 7  Las Vegas, NV @ Emerge
April 13 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
April 14 Lancaster, PA @ Launch Music Conference & Festival
April 15 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
April 20 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Park Brewery
April 21 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *Record Release Show*
May 18 Montreal, QC @ Pouzza Fest


Anti-Flag will hit the road again in winter 2016 in support of their latest album and Spinefarm Records debut American Spring. The band will embark on spate of tour dates that will take it through Texas, California, and up to the Pacific Northwest. For this tour, A-F will be joined by Leftover Crack, War on Women, The Homeless Gospel Choir, and Blackbird Raum, making for quite an eclectic and politically impassioned evening of music!
 
"American Spring has taken us across the globe, Europe, Asia, Australia, UK and now, we come home," the band said. "We are beyond thrilled to share the stage with Leftover Crack, War on Women, The Homeless Gospel Choir, and Blackbird Raum for what will surely be a night of challenging the status quo and a celebration of finding each other and a safe space where we can all be ourselves."
 
The band is looking forward to getting on the road again to continue to raise awareness about the issues plaguing society as a whole. "With police and gun violence at an all-time high, a historic wealth gap, and the environment being left by the wayside in favor of maximized profit, these shows serve as a welcome break for us all," the band further stated. "We are proud to be in the same room and to have found one another and solace from issues that seem larger than us as individuals."
 
TOUR DATES:
 
2/19/16 Houston, Texas | Walters *
2/20/16 Dallas, Texas | The Prophet Bar *
2/21/16 San Antonio, Texas | Korova *
2/23/16 Tucson, Ariz. | The Rock *
2/24/16 Mesa, Ariz. | Nile Theater *
2/25/16 San Diego, Calif. | Observatory North Park
2/26/16 Santa Ana, Calif. | Observatory
2/27/16 Los Angeles, Calif. | Troubadour
2/28/16 Las Vegas, Nev. | Vinyl
3/1/16 San Francisco, Calif. | DNA Lounge
3/2/16 Reno, Nev. | Knitting Factory
3/4/16 Seattle, Wash. | El Corazon
3/5/16 Portland, Ore. | Hawthorne Theatre
 
 *No Leftover Crack or Blackbird Raum

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