On June 23, 2017, “Matador” label released “The Underside of Power”, the second Algiers studio album. It was recorded June – October 2016, at “Argot Studio”, “Strange Weather” and “Walker Studios”, “Figure 8” in New York, “Goat Farm” in Atlanta, “Real World” in Bath, “Rex Studios” in London, and was produced by Adrian Utley and Ali Chant.

Personnel:

• Franklin James Fisher – vocals, cello, double bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, sampling, synthesizer, tambourine, Wurlitzer
• Lee Tesche – cymbals, guitar, harmonium, loop, music box, percussion, prepared guitar, prepared piano, saxophone, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Ryan Mahan – bass, drum programming, guitar, baritone guitar, sampling, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Matt Tong – chimes, drones, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Adrian Utley – drum machine, guitar, Moog bass, synthesizer
• Ali Chant – guitar, backing vocals
• Macks Faulkron – guitar, percussion, engineer
• Ashiya Eastwood – backing vocals
• Jessica Upton Crowe – backing vocals
• Travis Ono – backing vocals
• Alex Weston – engineer
• Ben Greenberg – engineer, additional production
• Chris Kyles – engineer
• Oli Jacobs – engineer
• Patrick Phillips – engineer
• Paul Reust – engineer
• Randall Dunn – mixing
• Will Smith – mixing assistant
• Jason Ward – mastering

Track listing:

1. Walk Like a Panther
2. Cry of the Martyrs
3. The Underside of Power
4. Death March
5. A Murmur A Sign
6. Mme Rieux
7. Cleveland
8. Animals
9. Plague Years
10. Hymn for and Average Man
11. Bury Me Standing
12. The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly