Defeater‘s second full-length album, Empty Days & Sleepless Nights, is set for release on March 8th from Bridge Nine Records and we are excited to unveil the cover art! This album, the third installment of the conceptual opus that is Defeater (following 2008’s Travels and 2009’s Lost Ground EP), carries on the narrative songwriting style the band has developed about a family set in post-WWII America. Empty Days & Sleepless Nights traces back to the family setting from Travels, but focuses on the older of the two sons, with the events unfolding through the older sibling’s eyes. ED&SL features fourteen tracks: ten of the heaviest and most musically intricate songs Defeater has written to date and four acoustic songs that sound a lot like Rocky Votolato and Ryan Adams.

What do you guys think of the cover art? I like it. It’s simple, basic, and it fits perfectly to the art of previous covers. Make sure to check Defeater on tour in Europe!