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Alexisonfire will release their first album in thirteen years, Otherness, on June 24th, 2022 via Dine Alone Records. The band will kick off a huge string of tour dates, including headlining Slam Dunk Festival in the UK in June. Check out the band’s new single “Sans Soleil” and pre-order and pre-save the album now!
Says George Pettit, “Wade came in with the lyrics for this song around the same time he had been working on the Dooms Children record and I feel like it shows. The Dooms Children album touched on a lot of things extremely personal to Wade and this song is definitely in that vein.” MacNeil elaborates, “This song is about hanging onto hope during the heaviest times. Healing and letting go. Dreaming of a future where all this hurt is behind you.”
Pre-order or pre-save the album now: https://alexisonfirestream.com/AOFOtherness
Fans can watch Dallas and Wade discussing the track in more detail, alongside some in-studio clips, here:
Otherness will be released on June 24 via Dine Alone Records. The album features 10 new songs including the explosive first single, “Sweet Dreams Of Otherness” and previously released “Reverse The Curse”. The album is produced by AOF and mixed by punk stalwart Jonah Falco (Fucked Up, Chubby and the Gang). Watch the video for “Sweet Dreams Of Otherness” directed by the inimitable actor/director Jay Baruchel (LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, Goon, This Is The End, Random Acts of Violence) here:
Act quick to snap up the few remaining physical variants on pre-order HERE. Each vinyl variant is 2×12” with a Gatefold jacket and printed inner sleeves.
Alexisonfire – alongside City and Colour, Dine Alone Records and Live Nation Canada – recently announced a must-see 4-day concert event that will take over Montebello Park in the band’s beloved hometown of St. Catharine’s from June 30 to July 3. In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, AOF will be giving fans a special treat. Today, the band announce they will perform their self-titled debut album front-to-back for the first time ever live on Sunday, July 3. This will be the only opportunity to catch Alexisonfire perform in Southern Ontario in 2022. Tickets for the Born & Raised Concert Event are available via ticketmaster.ca. Alexisonfire and City and Colour have partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Indspire Building Brighter Futures Scholarship program.
Alexisonfire return to the UK in June to headline the Slam Dunk Festival.
Otherness Tracklist
01. Committed To The Con
02. Sweet Dreams Of Otherness
03. Sans Soleil
04. Conditional Love
05. Blue Spade
06. Dark Night Of The Soul
07. Mistaken Information
08. Survivor’s Guilt
09. Reverse The Curse
10. World Stops Turning
A continuous thread through the fabric of Alexisonfire is the state of otherness. Otherness drew us all to spaces where a band like this could be formed. We attract the type of individuals that have all felt the sensation of being strange or unique. Perceived or otherwise, otherness has followed us through childhood, adolescence, and into our adult lives. It drives our tastes and proclivities. It bonds us with ourselves and others. And make no mistake, even at our most domestic and mundane moments, we are true outliers.
– Otherness mission statement
2022 Tour Dates
May 19 – Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN
May 20 – The Eastern – Atlanta, GA
May 21 – Welcome to Rockville 2022 – Daytona Beach, FL
May 23 – House of Blues New Orleans – New Orleans, LA
May 25 – Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX
May 27 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
May 29 – So What Music Festival 2022 – Arlington, TX
June 3 – Slam Dunk Festival North 2022 – Leeds Temple Newsam – Leeds, UK (headline)
June 4 – Slam Dunk Festival South 2022 – Hatfield Park, Hatfield – UK (headline)
June 15 – Iceberg Alley Performance Tent – St. John’s, NL
June 16 – Iceberg Alley Performance Tent – St. John’s, NL
July 2 – Born & Raised Concert Series – St. Catharines, ON
July 3 – Born & Raised Concert Series – St. Catharines, ON
July 13 – RBC Bluesfest 2022 – Ottawa, ON
July 14 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC (SOLD OUT)
July 15 – MTELUS – Montreal, QC
July 16 – Festival D’éte – Québec, QC (w/ Rage Against the Machine)
July 21 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA
July 22 – The Filmore – Silver Spring, MD
July 23 – Pier 17 – New York, NY
September 14 – House of Blues Cleveland – Cleveland, OH
September 15 – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI
September 23 – Furnace Fest – Birmingham, AL
October 4 – Hollywood Palladium – Los Angeles, CA
October 5 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
October 6 – Aftershock 2022 – Sacramento, CA
October 8 – SOMA Mainstage – San Diego, CA
October 9 – House of Blues Anaheim – Anaheim, CA
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