Today, we are stoked to bring you the premiere of “Last Road Out,” the infectious new single from Minneapolis DIY favorites Constant Insult. The track is taken from their upcoming sophomore album, This Injury, out November 20 via Dead Broke Rekerds.
Featuring members from Frozen Teens, Miracle Debt, Hard Feelings, and more, Constant Insult dish out driving Midwestern punk with a healthy dash of “region rock.” Packed with frantic drumming, twangy guitar work, and massive melodic hooks, “Last Road Out” showcases some of the band’s finest earworms to date. The kind of driving, urgent punk jam built to stay stuck in your head for days.
Beneath the soaring melody lies a poignant reflection on shifting landscapes, both environmental and personal. Vocalist/guitarist Katie shed some light on the origins of the track:
“It wasn’t our plan, but as we wrote this album we found we were writing more and more about environmental disasters, and the terrifying visibility and rate of climate change. This song came from spending time on the mouth of the Mississippi River in Southern Louisiana. One guy I met down there was kind enough to drive me around for a couple days, showing me where highways slipped into the sea, where whole towns had disappeared. It’s hard to get those images blown out of your mind, and they feel like evermore prescient and impending bellwethers for the rest of us. This song wound up being about the ways that those macro-level disasters, like shifting land and unending flooding, intersect with the personal and interpersonal pains and demands of life — and how those disasters make their marks in our physical surroundings.”
This Injury is out November 20 on Dead Broke Rekerds. Physical pre-orders are available now via the Dead Broke Distro, limited to 200 copies on classic black vinyl and 100 on red.
Catch Constant Insult live on the West Coast this November as they hit the road supporting the legendary Pinhead Gunpowder.
