Nov. 30 — As the clock tickets to the release of Alkaline Trio’s new album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, early next year, the band has given audiences another preview of the record.
The preview came recently in the form if the album’s second single, ‘Bad Time‘ and the song’s companion video. The debut of the new single and video came more than a month after the band unveiled the album’s lead single/title track and the song’s video.
The musical arrangement featured in the band’s new single is a stylistic change from its predecessor. Where the album’s lead single/title track is a distinct pop punk style composition, the new single takes the album in a more pop rock direction. Though, there is still a subtle pop punk leaning with the slightest comparison to works from the likes of Blink-182 possible.
Front man Mat Skiba offered some interesting insight into the story behind the new story in an in-depth commentary.
“‘Bad Time’ was initially inspired by a friend and crush who happened to call me while I was on tour in El Paso TX as an active shooter situation was happening just across from where we were staying,” Skiba said. “We could hear gunshots and sirens as the situation escalated. My friend asked if it was a bad time to talk, and I said no — I really wanted to speak with her. It was actually a terrible and terrifying time, but it was never a bad time to hear her voice. The second verse goes back to a time in Chicago when my roommate Bobby and I were almost killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting — high as kites on mushrooms. We lived in a neighborhood run by Latin Kings at the time of the shooting, so I reference those facts as well as how nice it would have been to hear from the same girl back then.”
The video for Alkaline Trio’s new single is a relatively simple presentation that takes a familiar approach. It features the band performing its new single on a dressed up sound stage meant to look like a live setting of sorts. The song plays over the visualization that also includes video of a woman dancing.
In other news, Alkaline Trio announced a series of new live dates to open 2024 in support of its new album. The tour is scheduled to launch Feb. 24 in Anaheim, CA and to run through March 30 in Las Vegas, NV. The nearly monthlong tour also includes performances in cities nationwide, such as Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH and Phoenix, AZ.
The tour’s scheduled is noted below. Tickets are on sale now.
North American Tour 2024
(DRUG CHURCH supports on all dates)
Thu — Feb 22, 2024 — Anaheim, CA — HOB Anaheim
Fri — Feb 23, 2024 — San Diego, CA — SOMA
Sat — Feb 24, 2024 — Phoenix, AZ — Van Buren
Mon — Feb 26, 2024 — Dallas, TX — HOB Dallas
Tue — Feb 27, 2024 — Austin, TX — Stubbs
Wed — Feb 28, 2024 — Houston, TX — HOB Houston
Fri — Mar 1, 2024 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle
Sat — Mar 2, 2024 — Orlando, FL — HOB Orlando
Sun — Mar 3, 2024 — Charlotte, NC — Fillmore
Tue — Mar 5, 2024 — Washington D.C. — Fillmore Silver Spring
Wed — Mar 6, 2024 — Philadelphia, PA — Fillmore Philadelphia
Fri — Mar 8, 2024 — Cleveland, OH — Agora Theater and Ballroom
Sat — Mar 9, 2024 — Queens, NY — Knockdown Center
Sun — Mar 10, 2024 — Boston, MA — HOB Boston
Tue — Mar 12, 2024 — Toronto, ON — History
Wed — Mar 13, 2024 — Montreal, QC — Beanfield
Fri — Mar 15, 2024 — Royal Oak, MI — Royal Oak Music Theatre
Sat — Mar 16, 2024 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
Sun — Mar 17, 2024 — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
Mon — Mar 18, 2024 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore Minneapolis
Wed — Mar 20, 2024 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Thu — Mar 21, 2024 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Complex
Sat — Mar 23, 2024 — Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo
Sun — Mar 24, 2024 — Vancouver, BC — Vogue Theatre
Mon — Mar 25, 2024 — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom
Wed — Mar 27, 2024 — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic
Fri — Mar 29, 2024 — Los Angeles, CA — Novo
Sat — Mar 30, 2024 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
The track listing for Alkaline Trio’s new album is noted below:
ALKALINE TRIO
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Tracklist:
Hot For Preacher
Meet Me
Versions Of You
Bad Time
Scars
Break
Shake With Me
Blood, Hair, And Eyeballs
Hinterlude
Broken Down In A Time Machine
Teenage Heart
More information on Alkaline Trio’s new album, tour, single, and video is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:
Website: https://alkalinetrio.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alkalinetrio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Trio
