DRAGGED UNDER Announce "Social Battery: Low" Album + Share "Razor's Edge Collapse" Video — WATCH
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For a musician, there's one thing more empowering than being part of a newly-formed band with amazing chemistry and a batch of undeniable songs — and that's reforming a popular, powerhouse act after thinking you'd never play together again. That's why Dragged Under frontman and songwriter Anthony Cappocchi, rhythm guitarist Sean Rosario, and drummer Dylan Roy are so excited about the band’s third full-length album, Social Battery: Low, which reunites the vocalist and songwriter with guitarist Ryan "Fluff" Bruce and bassist Hans Hessburg three years after both quit unexpectedly and acrimoniously, leaving the future of Dragged Under, at best, uncertain.
But the best music always arises from struggle and strife.
"I was so mad when they left like that," Cappocchi says. "It took all the fun out of it for me, and all that was left was anger. But with time, the fire turns to embers, the embers turn to ashes, and the ashes turn to dust. Then I was like, 'What was I mad about in the first place?' But we couldn't have done this new album if that hadn't happened."
Fueled by the volatile environment in which it was written, Social Battery: Low is a high-impact, hook-saturated blend of styles and textures — musically and lyrically — that builds on the band’s trademark hybrid of pop-punk and metalcore and launches it ever skyward. "The time off gave everyone perspective," he says. "We realized that we were lucky to have been able to play shows and put out records in the first place. And we're lucky to be in a position now to continue to do it. That got us pumped to make the best album we could make."
Social Battery: Low arrives March 12, 2027 via Mascot Records. Pre-order it here.
At the same time as they’ve revisited the sound that put them on the map in 2020 with their debut album The World is In Your Way (which garnered 62M million streams to date), Dragged Under have expanded their boundaries on both ends of the musical spectrum. There are reflective acoustic passages, chirpy melodies they might previously have balked at, some attitude-laden rap-rock, brassy electronic pop, and full-on metal riffs.
Today, the band shares the video for new single "Razor's Edge Collapse." Watch it BELOW.
The song was inspired by the growing costs and dangers of living in a major city, and Cappocchi's decision to leave his hometown of Seattle and move to the sticks.
"It’s about feeling like your city is always on that razor's edge, and any day it could all go upside-down," he says. "We lived on a busy street right near a mall. We'd hear cops flying down our street all the time. We loved living in Seattle when we were younger, but we had to move because it got dangerous in a lot of ways and I'm not going to do anything that would put me or my kids in danger. If something happened to me, they wouldn't have a father."
Up until now, Dragged Under considered their second album, Upright Animals, their greatest accomplishment. An eclectic and cohesive record that deftly balanced aggression and tunefulness, it was a triumphant, but somewhat unsung release having arrived while the world was still navigating the COVID crisis. Social Battery: Low is just as well constructed, and even more surprising and energetic. It's the sound of a band giving the world its all, engines firing with the fluidity of an F1 racecar. It's the album everyone in the band — including Cappocchi — once thought impossible, and it jitters with the excitement of a reunion of old friends who have let bygones be bygones and re-embraced their history and connectivity.
"Our band was never better than it was with our core members — me, Sean, Hans, and Fluff," says Cappocchi. "In a way, it's like mom and dad got back together. And since they've been back, those dudes have been as committed to Dragged Under and as stoked about it as they were when they first joined. Knowing that only made us want to be bigger than ever."
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