Armlock shared “Lifer” on November 10 and set February 5, 2027 for Amazing, the Melbourne duo’s third album. Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell recorded it between their two studios. The single arrives with a video, and it will be the first thing listeners hear when they start the album. That February date also puts the pair at Zone One in Brooklyn for a show on release night.

Simon Lam and Hamish Mitchell of Armlock stand outdoors at dusk.
Armlock in a publicity photograph supplied with the Amazing announcement.

The new album has ten tracks. Both of the duo’s previous records, 2021’s Trust and 2024’s Seashell Angel Lucky Charm, had seven. The earlier Trust vinyl even put the entire record on one side and used the reverse for an etching. A ten-song sequence gives Amazing more room to spread out. The three songs listeners already know take up different positions within that space.

“Half Time” and “Strobe” appeared together on a two-song single in September. On Amazing, “Half Time” is second, right after “Lifer,” while “Strobe” sits eighth. The pair that once made up one short release now bookend much of the album. There are five tracks between them, including the title song. A listener who starts at the beginning in February will encounter two familiar previews straight away, then wait until near the end to hear the other side of that September single.

Lam and Mitchell’s album announcement describes “Lifer” as an exercise in stripping the words down. That makes it a useful choice for the first track, especially alongside a run of ten songs for a group whose previous album lasted about 18 minutes. The longer track list gives them more places to go while leaving a direct opening statement. The title song occupies the fifth slot and “Air” closes the sequence.

The shows on either side of release day

The US dates begin February 3 at DC9 in Washington, D.C., and continue the next night at PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia. Brooklyn lands on February 5. The following day they’re at Boston’s Something in the Way festival at Roadrunner, on the Saturday bill with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Wednesday. The announced run closes February 8 at Permanent Records in Los Angeles.

That timing offers different ways to catch the duo around the album’s arrival. Washington and Philadelphia get shows before release. Brooklyn gets the release date itself. Boston is part of a wider festival bill, and the Los Angeles date follows three days after the record comes out. The schedule gives listeners a choice of settings, while the songs Armlock will play at each stop are still to be announced.