Masters of Reality Releasing ‘The Archer’ via Mascot Records

The iconic Masters of Reality are set to release their first new album in 16 years with The Archer via Mascot Records. The album will be available digitally on 28 March and be available physically on CD & LP on 11 April. To celebrate, they have revealed a new song, “Mr Tap N’ Go.”

They will also be touring in April, calling through The Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Germany, as well as Azkena Rock Festival (Spain) and Hellfest (France) in June.

Chris Goss is one of the elusive geniuses of American music. As the singer, guitarist and driving force behind Masters Of Reality, he’s spent more than 40 years charting his own musical journey, travelling from mystical blues to desert rock to psychedelia-edged beauty via all points in between.

Goss has positioned himself as one of the most important and influential producers of the last 30 years. The list of bands and artists he has worked with in that capacity is long and illustrious: Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Mark Lanegan, Foo Fighters, The Cult, UNKLE, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, former Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur, even Hollywood star Russell Crowe. He’s the connective tissue which links so much modern music.

Goss explains:

“The Archer is whoever one perceives as their invisible ruler of fate. Often, the archer is very visible to those who pay attention. Maybe some even think he is the dictatorial god. Or even a conjured entity. But all can agree that the archer has impeccable skill at hitting the target.”

Masters of Reality ‘The Archer’ album artwork

When it was released in May 2024, “Sugar” was their first new music in 15 years. Hypnotic, poignant, and vulnerable, it builds from a stirring melody into a grand, orchestrated swell of emotion, with Goss’s ethereal yet soulful voice floating over the top of it.

The characters that occupy The Archer are the nameless and faceless people that one sees at times or regularly observes driving on whatever road we’re both on briefly. “Mr Tap n Go” is a bloodthirsty vaudevillian dancing monster entertaining the planet with a syringe in one hand and a child in the other.

The arrival of The Archer, produced by Goss and featuring guitarist Alain Johannes, drummer John Leamy, and bassist Paul Powell, heralds the welcome return of Masters Of Reality.

The Archer Track Listing:

1. The Archer
2. I Had A Dream
3. Chicken Little
4. Mr. Tap n’ Go
5. Barstow
6. Sugar
7. Powder Man
8. It All Comes Back To You
9. Bible Head

Tour Dates:

3 April – Nijmegen, Doornroosje – NETHERLANDS
4 April – Ghent, Democrazy – BELGIUM
6 April – Southampton, 1865 – UK
7 April – Manchester, Rebellion – UK
8 April – Glasgow, Classic Grand – UK
9 April – London, 229 – UK
11 April – Cologne, Artheater – GERMANY
12 April – Hamburg, LOGO – GERMANY
13 April – Berlin, SO36 – GERMANY
15 April – Leipzig, Werk II – GERMANY
16 April – Nűremberg, Z-BAU – GERMANY
18 April – Frankfurt, Das Bett – GERMANY
19 June – Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz – SPAIN
20 June – Hellfest, Clisson – FRANCE