The Art of Survival (album)

The Art of Survival
Studio album by
Released7 October 2022
Studio
  • RAK Studios (London)
  • Kingston Sound (Los Angeles)
  • Grey Area Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length48:24
LabelBMG
Producer
Bush chronology
The Kingdom
(2020)
The Art of Survival
(2022)
Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994–2023
(2023)
Singles from The Art of Survival
  1. "More Than Machines"
    Released: 26 July 2022
  2. "Heavy Is the Ocean"
    Released: 16 September 2022
  3. "All Things Must Change"
    Released: 4 May 2023

The Art of Survival is the ninth studio album by British alternative rock band Bush. It was released on 7 October 2022 through BMG Records and follows the band's 2020 effort The Kingdom. The album's release was preceded by the lead single "More Than Machines", which reached No. 2 on the US Mainstream Rock charts, with the album itself charting within the Top 100 in Germany, Scotland and Switzerland, spawning two further singles: "Heavy Is the Ocean" and "All Things Must Change".

The album is generally considered to continue the heavy, riff-based sound of its immediate predecessor, which The Art of Survival takes to heavier extremes, owing little to the alternative rock influences that underpinned the band's earlier work; embracing metal influences more so than before.[1][2][3] With frontman and main songwriter Gavin Rossdale stating that the album was themed around "humanity's strides" in the face of hardship, the songs on the record feature lyrics that relate to politically charged subjects including the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and identity politics.[4]

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