Premiere: Phantogram Share Their New Song "Cruel World"

Phantogram debut their new track "Cruel World."

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Phantogram premieres "Cruel World" on Wednesday, the latest single from their upcoming album THREE. "I'm putting you out of your misery/Cuz darling you're dragging me down/I wish I could say that I'm sorry/But I'm over that now," sings member Sarah Barthel over a sparse piano instrumental.

"Cruel World was one of the first songs we wrote for THREE," Barthel explained to Complex. "It set the tone for the album in a huge way for us. The overall message is about how tragic life can be at times - how the world can bring you down... But you have to try to find the beauty in it sometimes." The group's new album THREE  is set to drop on Oct. 7 via Republic Records. They previously released the video for the single "You Don't Get Me High Anymore," which will also appear on the project.

You can listen to "Cruel World" above, and check out all of Phantogram's upcoming tour dates below.

09-29 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
09-30 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
10-01 San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park
10-02 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
10-04 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
10-05 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre
10-06 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10-07 Seattle, WA - The Paramount
10-08 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar Nightclub
10-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10-11 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-12 Denver, CO - The Fillmore 
10-15 Ames, IA - Great Hall Memorial Union
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-18 Columbus, OH - Express Live! Pavilion
10-19 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10-20 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre
10-21 Boston, MA - House of Blues 
10-22 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
10-24 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore 
10-25 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-28 Raleigh, NC - The Ritz 
10-29 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore 
10-30 Knoxville, TN - The Mill and the Mine
10-31 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works 
11-02 Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
11-03 New Orleans, LA - Joy Theater
11-04 Austin, TX - Sound On Sound Festival
11-05 Dallas, Texas - Bomb Factory
11-08 Paris, FR - Petit Bain
11-10 Amsterdam, NLD - Bitterzoet
11-11 Berlin, DEU - Lido
11-14 Brighton, UK - Patterns
11-16 London, UK - Heaven
11-17 Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute
11-18 Glasgow, UK - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut 

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