Canadian post-hardcore group Alexisonfire‘s sixth studio album “Bleed It” has now officially been scheduled for a March 19th release on Dine Alone. As promised, just in from that effort is the lead single “Push The River“. The video for it was shot with Vanessa Heins. Elaborating on this first slice of that record, the band stated:
“‘Push The River‘ is an anthem for the restless mind. It is about surrendering to the bedlam of one’s own thoughts and finding peace in the chaos of the everyday task that is living and loving.”
Sessions for the record took place with producer Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Jim James) at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas. Guitarist/vocalist Wade MacNeil went on to say of what they subsequently came up with:
“We’ve always been interested in pushing the band in a lot of different directions, and our influences are all over the place. And because we’ve been a band for so long at this point, we’re capable of pulling it off.”
Vocalist George Pettit meanwhile weighed in on the experience of working with Ratterman, offering:
“We really liked the demos. But Kevin allowed the songs to bloom and become this new thing. It’s obviously a very diverse record but he found a cohesive way to make them blend together.”
Pettit also went on to say the following of the lyrics found on thsi record:
“That’s me exploring the general existentialist dilemma of being faced by the mystery of life, and being faced by brutality, but still choosing to partake in the world around you. And then you start to see love as this really remarkable thing that exists in defiance of a seemingly brutal and uncaring world. Love is this anomaly of evolution.”
MacNeil summed up his thoughts on the album, offering, ““We made the record we didn’t set out to make, which ended up being the best conceivable thing we could have done.”
“Bleed It” track listing:
01 – “Within Within Within“
02 – “Push The River“
03 – “What’s Left To Know But Love“
04 – “Dogs Of Chernobyl“
05 – “Small Eternity“
06 – “Forever Free“
07 – “Congregation“
08 – “Spider’s Dream“
09 – “My Blood Is Yours“
10 – “Holy Mother“
11 – “Tread Lightly, Child“
12 – “Milk“
13 – “Iron Flowers For Suzie“
14 – “Crushing Black“
Pre-orders for the record are set to launch tomorrow, Friday, November 13th, at 11:00am EST via alexisonfirestream.com/bleeditvinyl. As for live plans, the band have the following shows scheduled:
11/14-15 Orlando, FL – Vans Warped Tour
11/17 Buenos Aires, ARG – Teatro Vorterix
11/20 São Paulo, BRA – Vibra São Paulo
11/22 Curitiba, BRA – Tork n’ Roll
11/25 Santiago, CHL – Teatro Coliseo
11/26 Santiago, CHL – Teatro Coliseo
12/04 Melbourne, AUS – Good Things Festival
12/05 Sydney, AUS – Good Things Festival
12/06 Brisbane, AUS – Good Things Festival
With Poison The Well & Touché Amoré:
03/25 Dallas, TX – Southside Ballroom
03/26 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
03/27 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
03/30 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
03/31 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
04/02 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
04/03 Sacramento, CA – Channel 24
04/04 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
04/06 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
04/07 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
04/09 Minneapolis, MN – Uptown Theater
04/10 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
04/11 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
04/13 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
04/14 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
04/16 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
04/17 Boston, MA – Citizens House Of Blues
