From the Age of Doublethink is the 7th studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 from The Deadweights

The Deadweights

The Deadweights are an influential American punk rock band, formed in New York City in 1978.-Early years:The Deadweights began when James "White Jimmy" White and Eddie Urland left their prior bands. The two soon joined with numerous local punk musicians. Early members included both Raymond Pettibon...

, released on February 5, 2008. The album was recorded in September 2007 and is produced by Bill Stevenson (The Casualties

The Casualties

The Casualties are an American street punk band from New York City, New York, formed in 1990.-Biography:The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk, embodied by bands such as The Exploited, Charged GBH , which they believed had disappeared by...

, Black Flag

Black Flag (band)

Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...

, NOFX

NOFX

NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...

). White Jimmy

White Jimmy

White Jimmy is the vocalist of the American punk rock bands The Deadweights and The Gitmo Condemned, owner of the Ruined Recordings label, and a solo punk rock and alternative rock artist.-Early years:James White was born in New York City to an Italian father and Irish/British mother...

 has called it "the most political Deadweights album to date".

The album title and many of the songs' lyrics feature references to the George Orwell

George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...

 book Nineteen Eighty Four.

The album's first single is "Army Ants

Army Ants (song)

An army ant is any species of ant known for aggressive predatory foraging groups.Army Ants may also refer to:* Army Ants , a 1987 toy soldier line from Hasbro* "Army Ants", a 1994 song by Stone Temple Pilots from the album Purple...

", and was released to radio on January 1, 2008.

The album sold 22,730 copies in the US in its first week, debuting at #29 on the Billboard Top 200.

Track listing

1. "Army Ants
   Army Ants (song)
   An army ant is any species of ant known for aggressive predatory foraging groups.Army Ants may also refer to:* Army Ants , a 1987 toy soldier line from Hasbro* "Army Ants", a 1994 song by Stone Temple Pilots from the album Purple...
   
   " - 3:06
2. "Historical Eraser" - 3:12
3. "Man vs. Man" - 3:03
4. "Truth's Memory Still Lingers" - 3:39
5. "The Future Generation?" - 3:22
6. "Ministry of Death" - 2:35
7. "Your Mind is All that's Left" - 4:17
8. "Death and Taxes" - 2:19
9. "What Are You Conserving Anyway" - 2:34
10. "Exploit the Unaware" - 3:44
11. "Two Minutes Hate" - 2:04
12. "Blackwhite" - 2:57
13. "Shotgun Polygraph" - 3:04
14. "Victory is Theirs" - 3:38

Personnel

• White Jimmy
  White Jimmy
  White Jimmy is the vocalist of the American punk rock bands The Deadweights and The Gitmo Condemned, owner of the Ruined Recordings label, and a solo punk rock and alternative rock artist.-Early years:James White was born in New York City to an Italian father and Irish/British mother...
  
   - vocals, production
• Eddie Urland - guitars, production
• Ricky Scaggs - bass
• Dean Haydenbaugh - drums
• Bill Stevenson - production, mixing
• Nick Fulton - vocals ("Your Mind is All that's Left")
• Chris Jacob Wells - mixing