The Arrivals

After a 15-year hiatus, Chicago punk veterans The Arrivals return with Payload, their first new album since 2010’s Volatile Molotov. Out now via Recess Records, the album marks a long-awaited and triumphant return for one of Chicago’s most revered and enduring punk bands. Payload was recorded by Joe Gac (Meat Wave) at Chicago’s legendary Electrical Audio.

The record has already picked up love from KEXP, Chirp Radio, See/Saw, Idioteq, New Noise, Chorus.fm, Scene Point Blank, Punk Rock Philosophy, and more—hailed as “punk rock gold” by Newcity and “the band’s best LP to date” by Jersey Beat.