Northlane have chosen “Alien” as the title for their new album which will see its way to stores on August 02nd via UNFD. The title holds significant meaning for the band’s frontman Marcus Bridge, who views it as a reflection on his childhood, having grown up “in a weird, unusual household and who was bullied at school because of it.”

The band self-produced this forthcoming album at Chris Blancato‘s Sydney, Australia studio with vocalist Marcus Bridge tracking his parts at Electric Sun Studios in the same city. Pre-orders for the outing are available now at this location.

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A music video for their new single “Bloodline” accompanies the announcement of the album and can be found below. Bridge also spoke about the album a bit as well as this latest single, offering the following:

“I was raised in hell but I made it out. Raised in a place I shouldn’t have been, and no child should have been. But I’ve been able to break free.” “‘Bloodline‘ was one of the first songs that came about in the writing process for the album. When we were trying to decide what we wanted to write about, we decided early on that we wanted to keep the album pretty personal. I wanted to tell the stories of my upbringing and the ups and downs that come along with that.” “It talks about that idea of growing up in a broken home despite all odds and what might be expected of someone who grows up like that. You are able to be what people think of you and break out of that spiral, that terrible world. For me, that’s a mix of telling the story simple, but then it also tells some parts of my story in really fine detail. For example, the second verse goes into a lot of moments that I actually remember growing up and these landmarks — all these things I remember seeing. This song is a perfect way to sum up the album and also be the first toe in the water to be able to tell this story.”

As for the music video, the band once again teamed up with director Jason Eshraghian for the clip, with Bridge commenting of the experience:

“We’ve grown as a band together with Jason. He understands the stories we’re trying to tell through our videos. When it came down to the more personal subject, I don’t think it would have been possible to do it with someone we hadn’t worked with before because I don’t know if I would have felt comfortable having someone that we hadn’t worked with before telling this story and someone that doesn’t really know me and know how I want to tell this story. Jason delivered again, and this video is one of my favorite videos that I have ever done. It goes into some fine detail once again about that environment of growing up around parents who use drugs, violent parents and all that stuff that a lot of people do deal with that maybe don’t feel comfortable talking about. This video is going to make you feel pretty uncomfortable, but I think it’s a story that isn’t really told often enough.”

The album will run as follows:

01 – “Details Matter”

02 – “Bloodline”

03 – “4D”

04 – “Talking Heads”

05 – “Freefall”

06 – “Jinn”

07 – “Eclipse”

08 – “Rift”

09 – “Paradigm”

10 – “Vultures”

11 – “Sleepless”

Also newly revealed are the dates for the band’s previously rumored ‘Neon Alien Tour‘, which will find them out in the U.S. & Canada alongside ERRA, Currents and Crystal Lake.

08/14 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

08/16 Seattle, WA – El Corazon

08/17 Vancouver, BC – Bitmore Cabaret

08/18 Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom

08/20 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

08/21 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater

08/23 Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam

08/24 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

08/25 Detroit, MI – The Shelter

08/27 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom

08/28 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater

08/29 Toronto, ON – Mod Club

08/30 Montreal, QC – Fairmount

08/31 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall

09/01 New York, NY – Gramercy Theater

09/03 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry

09/04 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage

09/05 Greensboro, NC – Blind Tiger

09/06 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

09/07 Tampa, FL – Orpheum

09/09 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall

09/10 Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey

09/11 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger

09/13 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater

09/14 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction

09/15 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom

With Counterparts, Silent Planet and Void Of Vision:

10/11 Sydney, AUS – UNSW Roundhouse

10/12 Brisbane, AUS – Triffid

10/18 Melbourne, AUS – 170 Russell

10/19 Adelaide, AUS – Lion Arts Factory

10/20 Perth, AUS – Capitol (no Void Of Vision)

With Silent Planet & Void Of Vision:

11/22 Karlsruhe, GER – De Weiße Rose

11/23 Paris, FRA – Le Gibus

11/24 Antwerp, BEL – Be Zappa

11/26 Leeds, UK – Stylus

11/27 Manchester, UK – Academy 2

11/28 Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms

11/29 Glasgow, UK – Garage

11/30 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2

12/01 London, UK – Electric Brixton

12/03 Haarlem, NET – Patronaat

12/04 Copenhagen, DEN – Hotel Cecil

12/05 Eskilstuna, SWE – Lokomotivet

12/07 Helsinki, FIN – On The Rocks

12/09 Gothenburg, SWE – Tradgarn

12/10 Hamburg, GER – Markthalle

12/11 Berlin, GER – SO36

12/12 Warsaw, POL – Proxima

12/13 Leipzig, GER – Conne Island

12/14 Prague, CZE – Palac Akropolis

12/15 Wien, AUT – Flex

12/17 Munchen, GER – Backstage

12/18 Aarau, SWI – Kiff

12/19 Luxemburg, LUX – Den Atelier

12/20 Koln, GER – Essigfabrik

12/21 Wiesbaden, GER – De Schlachthof