Western Addiction Tease ‘Psychedelic Munitions’ LP with Single “Let’s Keep The Circle Small”

Bay Area punk veterans Western Addiction have returned with their first new music since 2020, unveiling the fiery new single “Let’s Keep The Circle Small.” The track arrives alongside the announcement that the band’s new album, Psychedelic Munitions, is now available for pre-order.

Rooted deeply in the storied San Francisco punk community, Western Addiction have long been a unique presence in modern hardcore. Formed by employees of Fat Wreck Chords, the band emerged from inside one of punk’s most influential labels and quickly carved out their own identity in the scene.

Western Addiction shares of the new album:

“We’re really proud of Psychedelic Munitions. Three years of grinding work went into making our fourth album. A lot of thought goes into every aspect of the songs. We all love music and hold strong opinions about what we put our names on and what’s good enough to put out into the world. That’s why it takes us so long to make records; we always strive to put together something we’d want to listen to ourselves and is worthy of people’s time.

Most of our songs are about timeless issues – respecting others, inequality of wealth, the dangers of capitalism, the underdogs of history, depression, food waste, the underserved, etc. We’re definitely in a “let them eat cake” moment and we hate it. All of these themes are played out through characters and context (depressed cowboys, paintings, photographs, etc.). There’s a bit more melody this time, shorter songs, more immediacy, and we even put a country song through the W/A riff chipper to see what came out the other side.

Scott Evans / Antisleep Audio / Kowloon Walled City did the recording and mixing and was a joy to work with. Brad Boatright / Audiosiege / From Ashes Rise did the mastering. We try to have a special guest on each record and are very grateful that Clifford Dinsmore from Bl’ast! / Seized Up / Dusted Angel did the spoken word intro to the title track. The beautiful cover art painting was done by Jaxon Northon.”

Track Listing:

1. The First Witch
2. Let’s Keep the Circle Small
3. Grain and the Law
4. The Whippoorwill
5. Your Need Is Great
6. Sevilla Midnight
7. Linda, I Made You a Knife
8. Psychedelic Munitions
9. Damn’d
10. The Diamond
11. Riled Crest
12. Flower of the Flock

Western Addiction “Let’s Keep The Circle Small” single artwork