The Arrivals Share “January 7th” Protest Video

Chicago’s The Arrivals will deliver Payload, their first new full length in nearly 16 years, on April 17th via Recess Records. Ahead of the album’s release the band has shared the video for January 7th that is set to protest photography by Dave Decker, the visuals document ICE demonstrations in Broadview, Illinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota, two communities that took to the streets in defiance of federal immigration enforcement sweeps. The Arrivals will also be appearing at Recess Romp in San Pedro, CA this August, where they will join Dillinger Four, Off With Their Heads, Toys That Kill, Alice Bag, and more, with additional dates to be announced shortly,

“I’ve been increasingly enamored with the songwriting styles of folks like Shel Silverstein and Dan Reeder, who are able to convey big ideas with simple, carefully-chosen turns of phrase. ‘January 7th’ is an attempt to say exactly what I want to say, something I think people should hear, in a way that lifts and motivates instead of indulging in the catharsis of complaining. I think people need to understand that we all have more in common with each other than not. It’s about focusing our anger, fear and frustration upward toward our common enemy, the ruling class, and not each other. I was legitimately pissed that the first time in my life I see people attempting to take the Capitol, it’s these authoritarian, cultist shitkickers trying to install a fascist bag of turds. That should have been a revolution for the people, not one person. The song takes it from there pretty plainly. I think the last line says it all: ‘Together against all their power we’re stronger. We can’t live under their rule any longer.” (singer & guitarist David Merriman)