3 Kings Return With Ameritocracy

3 Kings are back with their second album, Ameritocracy, released April 16th through The Music Labs.

The new album features 13 songs and follows the band’s debut release, Seven Song Samurais. Where the first album introduced the band’s chaotic mix of heavy riffs, warped humor, strange characters, and sideways social commentary, Ameritocracy pushes everything further. It is harder, heavier, sharper, and more melodic, without losing the weird tongue-in-cheek edge that makes 3 Kings sound like 3 Kings.

The album was recorded at Music Labs Studios in Los Angeles, California, during the same creative run that produced the band’s next album, We Make Music So You Don’t Have To. Both records were made at the same time because Tyronne is taking some time off to be with his new baby. Apparently, the man decided that instead of making one album before disappearing into dad mode, he would help make two. Very normal. Very 3 Kings.

Lyrically, Ameritocracy takes aim at the mess of modern life. The songs touch on a collapsing sense of trust, public frustration, addiction, substance abuse, broken systems, and the strange comedy of trying to stay sane while everything around you feels like it is running on bad wiring. As always, 3 Kings do not deliver these ideas with a straight face. The album is loud, sarcastic, aggressive, and ridiculous in all the right places.

Musically, the band sounds more focused this time around. The riffs hit harder, the grooves feel nastier, and the choruses carry more melody than the debut. There is still plenty of chaos, but Ameritocracy feels like a band learning exactly how to weaponize that chaos into something bigger.

It is heavy music with a grin on its face and a brick in its hand.

Ameritocracy is available now from The Music Labs.