Photo by Kaila Turck
Seminal New Jersey-bred post-hardcore band Armor For Sleep have announced their upcoming summer tour spanning June and July. Kicking off on Thursday, June 11 in Richmond, VA at The Canal Club, the There Is No Summer Tour will feature support from Flycatcher and Spanish Love Songs in all markets and culminate in an appearance at the Amityville Music Hall in Amityville, NY on Sunday, July 12, 2026.
Recorded with Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, Between You and Me), Armor for Sleep’s new album, There Is No Memory, is a collection of songs that force the listener to question the very nature of their existence, of what makes us the people we are. While 2022’s The Rain Museum was a record written in the throes of the dissolution of frontman Ben Jorgensen’s eight-year marriage and his subsequent divorce, its setting was more fictional and metaphorical. By comparison, There Is No Memory is much more literal, much more grounded in the real world, and much closer to the bone. Purchase and stream There Is No Memory on all platforms HERE.
“When you're going through a traumatic experience — and are actually underwater in an event such as a divorce — it’s very difficult to have any kind of perspective on anything other than that one thing that's consuming all aspects of your life,” Armor For Sleep’s Ben Jorgensen said. “‘The Rain Museum’ was written right after I went through this crazy life event. For this one, in contrast, I'm higher off that waterline, and I have a broader perspective now. I’ve been taking stock of my life as a whole, and so I found myself thinking and writing about the strange experience of memories and the power they have over all facets of who I am.”
If that statement doesn’t give it away, one listen to this record will. There Is No Memory is actually punctuated by it — it’s an album steeped in life (and lives) lived, in recollections of the past, in the absence of what once was, in the lacuna brought on by the memories of what had been. Jorgensen is well aware of the irony of the title, but it’s an intentional part of the record’s narrative. He knew he wanted to write an album about memories, and while he was demoing the tracks at home, something happened that felt, if not quite like fate, then at least like it was connected to what he was writing about.
“While working on these demos one day, my computer crashed. But right before completely freezing, it spit out an error message on the screen that said: 'THERE IS NO MEMORY',” he recalls. Initially, Jorgensen’s reaction was philosophical with a hint of despair. But then it made him think even more deeply about the record he was trying to write.
“It's an exploration of me wondering how much of my life is controlled by what I've been through,” Jorgensen summarizes. “And trying to unpack all sorts of different memories, whether they're from relationships I've been through, betrayals, addictions, friends I’ve lost along the way. It's me wondering if I am just the collective sum of all the things I’ve lived through or if there is a me underneath it all who can still choose his own fate.”
Armor For Sleep will be making the following appearances this summer.
JUNE
11 — Richmond, VA — The Canal Club *
12 — Wilmington, DE — The Queen *
13 — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall *
14 — Buffalo, NY — Buffalo Iron Works *
16 — Columbus, OH — The King of Clubs *
17 — Grand Rapids, MI — Pyramid Scheme *
19 — Joliet, IL — The Forge *
20 — Madison, WI — Majestic Theatre *
21 — Minneapolis, MN — Varsity Theater *
22 — Columbia, MO — The Blue Note *
24 — Colorado Springs, CO — The Black Sheep *
26 — Las Vegas, NV — 24 Oxford *
27 — San Diego, CA — House of Blues *
28 — Los Angeles, CA — The Regent Theater *
30 — Phoenix, AZ — Crescent Ballroom *
JULY
02 — Austin, TX — Come and Take It Live *
03 — Dallas, TX — Puzzles Deep Ellum *
05 — Nashville, TN — Basement East *
06 — Pensacola, FL — The Handlebar *
07 — Orlando, FL — The Social *
08 — Charleston, SC — Music Farm *
10 — Baltimore, MD — Baltimore Soundstage *
11 — Pittsburgh, PA — Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall *
12 — Amityville, NY — Amityville Music Hall *
* — w/ Flycatcher, Spanish Love Songs
