Alkaline Trio have announced their first album in six years, first since Matt Skiba left blink-182, and last with longtime drummer Derek Grant, who left the band earlier this year. It’s called Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, and it comes out on February 23 via the band’s new home of Rise Records, following three albums on Epitaph.
We’ve teamed with the band on an exclusive “bone” colored vinyl variant, which is limited to just 300 copies. Pre-order yours while they last. Here’s a mock-up:
The album was produced by Cameron Webb, who also helmed the band’s 2018 predecessor Is This Thing Cursed?, and they made it at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606.
“We were really aware of the fact that we were in Dave Grohl’s studio,” says Dan Andriano. “It’s engineered for loud, live rock music, so we were thinking a lot about our favorite three-pieces—Nirvana and the Police and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, just awesome bands who wrote records that made them sound special without having tons of stuff layered all over them.”
Matt says that a lot of his inspiration on this album came from “this apocalypse culture that we live in,” adding, “Without sounding trite, it’s the way that we get our information now through social media. There’s always been good and there’s always been horror, but it feels like the horror hits our doorsteps much quicker these days. It gives people the feeling that things are escalating horribly.”
“It’s tough all around right now,” adds Dan. “We can’t do drugs anymore because they’ll kill you. We can’t go anywhere safely because people are shooting places up. It’s dark and it’s a bummer.”
Those apocalyptic themes come through with a zombie metaphor on the just-released title track, which sounds like classic Alkaline Trio. It finds the band sounding fresh and energized, and their grim yet catchy punk sounds as unmistakable as ever. It comes with a video that features the band (and their new drummer Atom Willard) playing in an empty swimming pool surrounded by punks and pro skaters (Steve Caballero, Chris Cole, Corey Duffle, Ace Pelka included), and those punks eventually turn into zombies. Check it out below.
Alkaline Trio also announced a headlining 2024 tour with support from Drug Church. Tickets for that great double bill go on sale Friday (10/20) with a presale starting today (10/17).
The tour hits NYC on March 9 at Knockdown Center in Queens. All dates are listed below.
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Tracklist
1. Hot For Preacher
2. Meet Me
3. Versions of You
4. Bad Time
5. Scars
6. Break
7. Shake with Me
8. Blood, Hair and Eyeballs
9. Hinterlude
10. Broken Down In A Time Machine
11. Teenage Heart
