Alkaline Trio have announced new album Is This Thing Cursed? and is to be released digitally on August 31st.
The vinyl release of the album follows on October 19th. Is This Thing Cursed? is the first Alkaline Trio album to have been written almost entirely in the studio. It’s when the songs began to come together that the band noticed the new material forming parallels with 2000’s Maybe I’ll Catch Fire.
According to the band, Is This Thing Cursed? is a cousin or sibling of sorts to Fire. Co-lead vocalist and bassist Dan Andriano explains:
“The songwriting process is almost like what it was back in the day. We would just kind of write a song, be excited about it, then move on. We wrote in that spirit in the studio. I really feel like we made a record that the old school fans are going to dig.”
In June, Alkaline Trio also announced a headlining US tour. Co-lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba notes:
“Some people thought we were done. We announced a tour and a lot of the shows are already sold out. Nobody knows that we made a new record. It’s not unlike getting somebody that you care about something extra super special for their birthday and you’re really excited to give it to them. It feels kind of like that.”
The August dates begin August 3 in Dallas, TX at The Bomb Factory and go throughout August 26 in Orlando, FL at House of Blues. The second leg picks-up on October 4 in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory and will conclude on October 18 on Santa Cruz, at The Catalyst. Together PANGEA is on the tour as support. You can check out the video for the band’s new song ‘Blackbird’ here:
