At the Drive In Detail First Album in 17 Years, Release New Song — rollingstone.com

More than two months after releasing their thunderous comeback single "Governed By Contagions," At the Drive In officially detailed their first studio album in 17 years, in • ter a • li • a, out May 5th via Rise Records. The band also issued the LP's second new track, the frantic, poignant "Incurably Innocent." The song is built on guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez' phaser-heavy riffs and drummer Tony Hajjar's propulsive tom-toms. Singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala unfurls a web of surreal lyrics ("Pray that your family never forgets/ The arousal from the corpse that fuels your taste") that grow more linear in the chorus. In a statement, the frontman described "Incurably Innocent" as "a song about sexual abuse and being able to finally speak out."

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