"DC punks Ekko Astral are ready to return with their sophomore album. Their new LP, dubbed The Beltway Is Burning, comes out April 22 via Topshelf. Leading the record is the single "Lil Xan Goes to Washington," in which the titular character lobbies for addiction assistance legislation in Washington, D.C., only to succumb to K Street and become a sellout himself."
"Recorded immediately after the 2024 U.S. election, Ekko Astral's second album was written as a "real-time historical document in the form of a dark comedy," according to a press release. Each song on The Beltway Is Burning is a vignette in the band's fictionalized version of the Beltway, the area around I-495, where Adam Sandler is a godlike president and the DMV has become a demilitarized zone."
"The Beltway Is Burning follows Ekko Astral's debut album, 2024's Pink Balloons. The new LP is 12 tracks long and boasts two guest features: Pop Music Fever Dream and Big Girl. It also includes the band's searing single from last fall, " Horseglue," which they called "a screeching call for moral clarity." Read about Pink Balloons at No. 1 in The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2024."
Ekko Astral recorded their second album immediately after the 2024 U.S. election and conceived it as a real-time historical document in the form of a dark comedy. The Beltway Is Burning arrives April 22 via Topshelf and contains 12 tracks that function as vignettes set in a fictionalized Beltway around I-495. The record imagines Adam Sandler as a godlike president and portrays the DMV as a demilitarized zone. Lead single "Lil Xan Goes to Washington" follows a titular character lobbying for addiction assistance who succumbs to K Street. The LP features Pop Music Fever Dream and Big Girl and includes the single "Horseglue."
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