Bodies (album)

Bodies
Studio album by
AFI
ReleasedJune 11, 2021
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
Length36:03
Label
  • Rise
  • Ex Noctum Nacimur
ProducerJade Puget
AFI chronology
The Missing Man
(2018) 		Bodies
(2021)
Singles from Bodies
  1. "Twisted Tongues" / "Escape from Los Angeles"
    Released: January 14, 2021[4][5]
  2. "Looking Tragic" / "Begging for Trouble"
    Released: February 25, 2021
  3. "Dulcería" / "Far Too Near"
    Released: April 9, 2021[6]
  4. "Tied to a Tree"
    Released: May 26, 2021[7]

Bodies is the eleventh studio album by American rock band AFI. The album was released through Rise Records on June 11, 2021.

Seven singles, six of which were concurrently released as double A-sides, were released ahead of the album: "Twisted Tongues" / "Escape from Los Angeles" were the lead-off singles, released in January 2021. Both charted in the Billboard Alternative Digital Songs, making it their first album since Burials that had multiple singles chart. The third and fourth singles, "Looking Tragic / Begging for Trouble" were released in February 2021. The fifth and sixth singles, "Dulcería / Far Too Near" were concurrently released in mid-April 2021. The final single, "Tied to a Tree", was released as a standalone A-side, and was released in late May 2021, two weeks before the album release.

Critically, the album was met with polarized reviews, and became the band's first album to not chart on the Billboard 200 since Black Sails in the Sunset, although it did reach number 33 on the Top Album Sales Chart.[8]

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  4. ^ Dowd, Rachel (January 15, 2021). "Hear AFI Return With Their First New Music in Nearly Three Years". Alternative Press. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Kaufman, Spencer (January 15, 2021). "AFI Return with New Songs "Twisted Tongues" and "Escape From Los Angeles": Stream". Consequence. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Chesler, Josh (April 9, 2021). "AFI Release Two New Songs and Video for 'Dulcería,' Co-Written by Billy Corgan". Spin. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "AFI show their evolution on striking new single, Tied To A Tree". Kerrang!. May 25, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Album Sales – June 26, 2021". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.