Equal Vision Records, Dine Alone Records 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, ‘Cold World’ sees that legacy for what it is — a ghost, a fading memory. If ‘New Ruin’ was about the rage of realization, 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 below. The band had the following to share about the track: “‘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.”
Additionally, Punktendo and The Flatliners present a brand new mobile video game to satisfy your need for old Nintendo nostalgia. Complete with an impressive pile of easter eggs spanning the band’s career, and the ability to play as each individual band member, The Flatliners invite you to go forth on the quest for inner peace with the ‘Cold World’ video game. Play the game in full via Punktendo’s site HERE.
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.
Upcoming tour dates:
May 2nd — Sing Us Home Festival — Philadelphia, PA
May 5th — The Pearl — Washington, DC
May 6th — The Bunker — Virginia Beach, VA
May 8th — Meadows — Brooklyn, NY
May 9th — The Middle East — Cambridge, MA
May 28th — Goldfield — Sacramento, CA
May 29th — Rickshaw Stop — San Francisco, CA
May 30th — The Ritz — San Jose, CA
May 31st — Teragram Ballroom — Los Angeles, CA
June 19th — Bahnhof Paulo — Hamburg, DE
June 20th — Hole 44 — Berlin, DE
June 21st — Farewell Youth Fest — Dresden, DE
June 23rd — Arena — Vienna, AT
June 24th — Strom — Munich, DE
June 25th — Gebaude 9 — Cologne, DE
June 26th — Jera On Air — Ysselsteyn, NL
June 27th — Vainstream — Munster, De
June 28th — Mighty Sounds Festival — Tabor, CZ
July 2nd — FestiVoix — Trois Rivières, QC
August 18th — Rescue Rooms — Nottingham, UK
August 19th — Slay Glasgow — Glasgow, UK
August 21st — The Bread Shed — Manchester, UK
August 22nd — The Garage — London, UK
August 23rd — The Fleece — Bristol, UK
August 28th — Louis’ Pub — Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
August 29th — Pawn Shop Live — South Edmonton Common, Alberta
August 30th — The Arrowhead — Calgary, Alberta
September 1st — The Northern Bar & Stage — Fernie, British Columbia
September 4th — Harbour Convention Centre — Vancouver, British Columbia
September 5th — Kelowna Event Centre — Kelowna, British Columbia