Serj Tankian has unleashed the solo single “A.F. Day,” a tune that he had hoped to report with System of a Down in the course of the band’s early days. The monitor will seem on the singer’s upcoming EP, Foundations, due this fall.
“This can be a tune I wrote within the early days of SOAD that I by no means launched,” said Tankian of the the tune. “The vast majority of the instrumentation and vocals are recordings from that point. Dystopian in temper, it’s a mirrored image of the angst and anti-authoritarian perspective I needed to conformity.”
“A.F. Day” (brief for “One other Fucking Day”) options Tankian in full scream mode in the course of the refrain, and would match proper into the System of a Down catalog each musically and lyrically. The tune contains strains like, “Why do religions require from their trustworthy blind and questioning servitude?/ If thy path is so righteous, then why the usage of forcing all perspective.”
An accompanying music video options Tankian performing the tune alongside members of his backing band, The F.C.C.
Earlier this week, Tankian unveiled his memoir, Down with the System (order right here). One of many revelations within the e-book was that Tankian instructed to his System of a Down bandmates in 2017 that they change him as a result of his want to not tour anymore. The band ended up auditioning a brand new singer, however finally determined to proceed on with Tankian.
Nowadays, System of a Down play sporadic one-off reveals. They just lately headlined the Sick New World pageant in Las Vegas, and are set to co-headline an enormous present with Deftones at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August seventeenth (tickets out there right here).
Watch the video for Serj Tankian’s new solo tune “A.F. Day” beneath.
Photograph Gallery: System of a Down and different acts on the Sick New World Pageant 2024 (click on to develop and scroll via):