Hear a new song from Kal Marks, “A Functional Earth”

Kal Marks recently announced the details of their upcoming album Wasteland Baby, which is out September 13 via Exploding In Sound. Today they’ve shared the second single from the album, “A Functional Earth,” which you can hear below.

The band’s Karl Shane said in a statement, “‘A Functional Earth’ really helped cement the new album into a more colorful groovy direction. We listened to Pet Sounds after a long writing session day. I’ve heard the album thousands of times, but the intro of ‘Wouldn’t it be nice’ bounced around in my head in a much darker distorted way than normal. Instead of writing a trippy song about flowers and sunshine we wrote a trippy song about the end of the world. Sometimes it feels like the end is right around the corner and in truth for some people it is very true. Some are watching their families die. Humanity invented its own damnation with its unending thirst for power. We can’t stop drilling holes into the ground, releasing toxins into the air and water, or raining bombs on innocent people. The planet is pretty awesome on its own, just some people can’t stop and smell the fucking roses. I’m not saying anything new.”

Kal Marks’ last album was 2022’s My Name Is Hell.

Kal Marks tour dates:

9/6 – Providence, RI @ Riot At The Red Door Fest
9/12 – New Haven, CT @ Witch Bitch Thrift
9/13 – Portsmouth, NH @ WSCA Radio
9/14 – Salem, MA @ Moon Over Salem Fest
9/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Cousin Dannys *
9/25 – Richmond, VA @ Banditos *
9/26 – Raleigh, NC @ Neptunes *
9/27 – Baltimore, MD @ Holy Frijoles *
9/28 – Queens, NY @ Trans-Pecos *
10/10 – Ithaca, NY @ Forest City
10/11 – Rochester, Ny @ Bug Jar
10/12 – Kent, OH @ Zephyr Pub
10/13 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village w/ Cusp, Babe Report
10/14 – Iowa City, IA @ Helter Skelter Skatepark
10/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Mortimer’s
10/16 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge ^
10/17 – Kansas City, MO @ Farewell ^
10/18 – St. Louis, MO @ Sinkhole ^
10/19 – Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr ^
10/21 – Fort Wayne, IN @ Brass Rail
10/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project
10/23 – Washington, DC @ Pieshop
11/15 – Portland, ME @ Space Gallery w/ Paper Lady
11/16 – Medford, MA @ Deep Cuts w/ Paper Lady

* w/ Shutups
^ w/ Nightosphere