Container (album)
2020 debut studio album by The Wants
Container is the debut studio album by American band The Wants. The album was released on March 13, 2020, through Council Records.
Release and promotion
Singles
There were four singles released ahead of Container, two in 2019 and two in 2020. The lead off single, "Clearly a Crisis" was released on May 3, 2019. In August 2019, the second single, "Fear My Society" was released. The final two singles, "The Motor", and "Container", were released in early 2020 ahead of the March release of the album.
Music videos
Four music videos were released in promotion of the album. The first music video, for the single "Fear My Society", was released on August 22, 2019. The music video was directed Madison Carroll and Madison Velding-VanDam; Carroll did the cinematography for the album, and Velding-VanDam edited the video.
The second music video, for the song, "Aluminum" came out on March 20, 2020.
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