Xasthur, American acoustic dark folk project, announce the release of a new studio album Victims Of The Times. Due out on July 9 2021 via Prophecy Productions / Lupus Lounge, it's comprised of 22 songs. A lyric video of the title track, as the first official single, is now streaming down under.

The American trio's new album comes out via Prophecy Productions / Lupus Lounge as:
- double vinyl (22 tracks)
- double CD artbook (album + 3 bonus tracks, 24 raw unmixed songs)


"I lost my home in the middle of the making of that last record", the band's mastermind Scott Conner begins to relate the stark truth behind Victims Of The Times. "I had gotten used to writing music and lyrics in any kind of living situation. I had been moving a lot, moving from place to place, many being temporary. The 'I need to be in a cabin in the woods with isolation and candlelight to write music' type of tale did not fit my situation. I had to learn how to make my music anywhere without such luxuries. Since I never know how long I'll be somewhere, and because I'm always hundreds of miles apart from anyone, things changed with people, motives, goals, and expectations of all involved.

"The foundation of this album should be considered 'LIVE', because each song was individually recorded live without any studio magic or technology. I recorded on my own without a beat or metronome, what resulted in raw production, but that is how it has always been in the Xasthur tradition."




"The title track of our new album Victims Of The Times has much to do with the state of mind behind how nothing is making sense these days, along with and leading up to homelessness and poverty", comments Scott. "This song deals with not caring, being oblivious, delusional, and naive. Consciousness, unconsciousness, people who lie to themselves, thinking or not thinking about things happening to them, money and lack thereof; which leads them from the cities to the streets, like a prison."

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