THE FLATLINERS RELEASE NEW ALBUM 'COLD WORLD'
PHOTO CREDIT: RILEY TAYLOR
Equal Vision Records, Civilians and The Flatliners are excited to announce the release of Cold World, the longstanding, Juno-nominated Canadian punk quartet’s brand new studio album. While 2022's New Ruin was preoccupied with the inherited damages of the last generation, the forthcoming Cold World from The Flatliners sees that legacy for what it is — a ghost, a fading memory. If New Ruin was about the rage of realisation, now we're damned with the aftermath of clarity. Welcome to the future.
Watch the music video for the album’s new single, "And They’re Off," directed by Mitch Barnes, on YouTube here. Stream and purchase Cold World here. The band had the following to share about the new single: "’And They’re Off’ is a soundtrack for the mounting distractions we surround ourselves with on a daily basis to avoid dealing with our problems head on. Something to bop your head to while the world burns and we all keep fanning the flames."
Maybe the greatest resistance that any artist can offer today is the radical act of stability — the same four people, friends since they were kids, playing music together because they have been compelled to for nearly their entire lives, 24 years and counting.
Cold World, the brand new studio album from Canadian punk veterans The Flatliners, is the sound of a band free to make what they want with the people they want to make it with, to try to carve out some space to demonstrate a different way of doing things — a space where bands share credit equally, where friends grow and work together over decades, a space where stability is the reward for sticking to your vision.
That vision has evolved into a consistent confidence that gives The Flatliners the freedom to experiment with the edges of their sound while grounded by each other, locking out the decay of the world outside. The band fought through the fire of their last record only to find a landscape of debasement and erasure, and an increasingly cold world for all of us to live in.
The textures of Cold World itself are anything but comfortable and familiar. The band’s airtight foundation of bassist Jon Darbey and drummer Paul Ramirez continues to drive with a learned, casual urgency on rippers like "Inner Peace" and "Burn," while Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham deploy the controlled chaos of their shredding two-guitar attack, enveloping the listener on songs like "Pulpit" and "Whyte Light." As the album ends, we may be drifting out into darkness. But if we’re lucky, we can choose who we drift with.
Their new album, Cold World is out now via Equal Vision/Civilians.
