Attack Attack! are back with “Brachyura Bombshell,” the crabcore originators’ first song since stunning longtime fans last week with a country-meets-J-pop-meets-metalcore number called “Kawaii Cowboys,” released to commemorate the stoner holiday 420 on April 20.
The new tune, issued Friday (April 30), finds Attack Attack! returning to earnestly refining their core sound, unlike last week’s funny left turn, and now a decade removed from the band’s early electronic-core days. Yet the title “Brachyura Bombshell” is a wink at their past — the word Brachyura is the scientific term for the order of crustaceans to which crabs belong, as MetalSucks pointed out.
Listen to “Brachyura Bombshell” down toward the bottom of this post.
Indeed, “Brachyurins encompass a distinctive subset of serine endopeptidases with collagenolytic activity found in crabs and other crustaceans,” the website ScienceDirect explains. “The name stems from the infraorder brachyuran or ‘true crabs.'”
Of course, nostalgic scenesters might argue that Attack Attack! are the true crabs.
Before “Kawaii Cowboys,” the group dropped a bonafide comeback track, “All My Life,” in December 2020. Until that time, Attack Attack! hadn’t released any new material in eight years. “All My Life” also introduced the band’s current lineup that features original members Andrew Wetzel and Andrew Whiting, and includes vocalist Chris Parketny. Attack Attack’s first two albums, 2008’s Someday Come Suddenly and a 2010 self-titled set, have been noted for how they changed the metalcore scene.
Keep up with each week’s new songs by following Loudwire’s ‘Weekly Wire’ Spotify playlist, featuring 50 tracks with updates each Friday afternoon.
