{"id":2287673,"date":"2026-02-18T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2287673"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:00:51","slug":"failure-announce-new-album-location-lost-featuring-hayley-williams-with-brooding-the-airs-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/failure-announce-new-album-location-lost-featuring-hayley-williams-with-brooding-the-airs-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure announce new album &#8216;Location Lost&#8217; featuring Hayley Williams with brooding &#8216;The Air&#8217;s On Fire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/failure\">Failure<\/a> have announced their seventh album \u2018Location Lost\u2019, featuring a collaboration with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/hayley-williams\">Hayley Williams<\/a>. Listen to new single \u2018The Air\u2019s On Fire\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles band are due to release the follow-up to 2021\u2019s \u2018Wild Type Droid\u2019 on April 24, marking their first project under Failure Records\/Arduous Records\/Virgin Music Group. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/locationlost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comprising nine new tracks, the forthcoming LP is said to \u201cshowcase a focused, modern and ever-evolving vision\u201d of Failure\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Location Lost\u2019 was recorded after\u00a0the completion of the recent Hulu\/<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/disney\">Disney<\/a>+ <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/failure-feature-hayley-willams-maynard-james-keenan-in-documentary-trailer-3196184\">documentary about the group, <em>Every Time You Lose Your Mind<\/em><\/a>, which included contributions from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paramore\">Paramore<\/a> singer Williams, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist\/bassist Greg Edwards said that the album is \u201cvery different\u201d to what fans may expect from the band. \u201cThere are sounds and parts that really don\u2019t have any precedence within the Failure world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Failure - &quot;The Air&#039;s on Fire&quot; [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_Z5OXxLRRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A press release notes that \u2018Location Lost\u2019 is not a \u201cvictory lap or a nostalgia exercise\u201d, but instead \u201csounds like a band actively negotiating where \u2013 and who \u2013 they are\u201d in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The first single, \u2018The Air\u2019s On Fire\u2019, embodies a sense of disorienting unfamiliarity. It explores frontman Ken Andrews\u2019 recovery from a serious back injury that required surgery, shortly after he finished editing the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the operation being technically successful, the singer and musician\u2019s recovery was not smooth sailing. \u2018The Air\u2019s On Fire\u2019 is described as \u201cthe album\u2019s most literal confrontation with Andrews\u2019 medical trauma, its oppressive atmospherics and crushing bottom end mirroring his struggle to breathe on his own\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u201cThat song is directly about my surgery and waking up. I basically coded. Everything was spinning. I kept saying, \u2018Turn the air on. I\u2019m fine \u2013 just take me home\u2019. I was definitely not fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU3hZLvD3hy\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The dark and brooding single hears Andrews sing: \u201c<em>It\u2019s never felt this way before\/ Things don\u2019t work like they did before\/ Feel them turn you inside out\/ As the spiders are crawling down\/ It\u2019s never felt this way before<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Air\u2019s On Fire\u2019 is accompanied by a suitably grainy and haunting black-and-white video, directed by Sean Stout.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on \u2018Location Lost\u2019, Williams appears on \u201ca largely acoustic, straight-up breakup song\u201d titled \u2018The Rising Skyline\u2019. The Paramore singer and soloist is a longtime Failure fan, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-hayley-williams-and-ken-andrews-perform-failure-and-bjork-covers-at-la-benefit-show-3835830\">covered their 1996 track \u2018Daylight\u2019 with Andrews at an LA benefit concert last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new album also contains \u201cdose after dose of Andrews, Edwards and [drummer Kellii] Scott\u2019s signature creative and instrumental interplay\u201d. Other song titles include \u2018Crash Test Delayed\u2019, \u2018Halo And Grain\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Solid State\u2019 and \u2018Moonlight Understands\u2019.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The full tracklist for Failure\u2019s \u2018Location Lost\u2019 is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1 \u2013 \u2018Crash Test Delayed\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2 \u2013 \u2018The Rising Skyline\u2019 (featuring Hayley Williams)<\/strong><br \/><strong>3 \u2013 \u2018Solid State\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>4 \u2013 \u2018The Air\u2019s On Fire\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>5 \u2013 \u2018Halo And Grain\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 \u2018Someday Soon\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>7 \u2013 \u2018Location Lost\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>8 \u2013 \u2018A Way Down\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>9 \u2013 \u2018Moonlight Understands\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Failure are set to embark on a North American headline tour this spring, kicking off with an album release show in LA on April 21. Further dates will follow in Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta, New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Toronto and other cities throughout May.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (February 20) \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Ffailure-tickets%2Fartist%2F1943314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you\u2019ll be able to buy yours here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band are scheduled to perform at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/system-of-a-down-korn-deftones-and-bring-me-the-horizon-lead-stacked-sick-new-world-2026-line-ups-buy-tickets-3900994\">Sick New World Festival 2026<\/a> in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida,\u00a0too.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Failure\u2019s North American tour dates for 2026 are:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>APRIL<\/strong><br \/><strong>21 \u2013 Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA<\/strong><br \/><strong>25 \u2013 Sick New World Festival, Las Vegas, NV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAY<\/strong><br \/><strong>02 \u2013 Radius (SPACE ECHO), Chicago, IL<\/strong><br \/><strong>03 \u2013 Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH<\/strong><br \/><strong>05 \u2013 The Basement East, Nashville, TN<\/strong><br \/><strong>06 \u2013 Masquerade \u2013 Hell, Atlanta, GA<\/strong><br \/><strong>08 \u2013 Welcome To Rockville Festival, Daytona Beach, FL<\/strong><br \/><strong>09 \u2013 Eulogy, Asheville, NC<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 Cat\u2019s Cradle, Carrboro, NC<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY<\/strong><br \/><strong>13 \u2013 The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Space Ballroom, Hamden, CT<\/strong><br \/><strong>15 \u2013 Union Stage, Washington, DC<\/strong><br \/><strong>16 \u2013 Archer Music Hall (Arrow), Harrisburg, PA<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA<\/strong><br \/><strong>19 \u2013 The Shelter, Detroit, MI<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 The Opera House, Toronto, ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Failure have announced their seventh album \u2018Location Lost\u2019, featuring a collaboration with Hayley Williams. 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