Today, Alkaline Trio announce a new album Is This Thing Cursed? that is to be released on CD/digital on August 31 and on vinyl on October 19. Pre-orders are available now at: http://www.alkalinetrio.com This is the band’s 9th studio release and their first new music in 5 years.

Watch the video for the band’s new song “Blackbird”:

https://youtu.be/1yJzptD4oVA

Produced and mixed by Cameron Webb, Is This Thing Cursed? is the first Alkaline Trio album written almost entirely in the studio. It’s when the songs began to come together that the band noticed the new material forming parallels with Maybe I’ll Catch Fire. According to the band, Is This Thing Cursed? is a cousin or sibling to Fire. Co-lead vocalist and bassist Dan Andriano explains, “the songwriting process is almost like what it was back in the day. We would just kind of write a song, be excited about it, then move on. We wrote in that spirit in the studio. I really feel like we made a record that the old school fans are going to dig.”

In June, Alkaline Trio announced a headlining US tour. Co-lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba notes, “Some people thought we were done. We announced a tour and a lot of the shows are already sold out. Nobody knows that we made a new record. It's not unlike getting somebody that you care about something extra super special for their birthday and you're really excited to give it to them. It feels kind of like that.”

The August dates begin August 3 in Dallas, TX at The Bomb Factory and go throughout August 26 in Orlando, FL at House of Blues. The second leg picks-up on October 4 in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory and will conclude on October 18 on Santa Cruz, at The Catalyst. Together PANGEA is on the tour as support.



ALKALINE TRIO – IS THIS THING CURSED? – TRACK LISTING

1. Is This Thing Cursed?

2. Blackbird

3. Demon and Division

4. Little Help?

5. I Can’t Believe

6. Sweet Vampires

7. Pale Blue Ribbon

8. Goodbye Fire Island

9. Stay

10. Heart Attacks

11. Worn So Thin

12. Throw Me To The Lions

13. Krystalline

ALKALINE TRIO TOUR DATES

Aug 03 Dallas, TX - The Bomb Factory

Aug 04 Austin, TX - Emo’s Austin

Aug 06 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant

Aug 08 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre

Aug 09 Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom

Aug 10 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall

Aug 11 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom

Aug 13 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre

Aug 14 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!

Aug 16 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

Aug 17 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel

Aug 18 Boston, MA - House of Blues

Aug 19 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

Aug 21 Norfolk, VA - The NorVA

Aug 22 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle

Aug 24 Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works

Aug 25 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade - Heaven

Aug 26 Orlando, FL - House of Blues

Oct 04 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory

Oct 05 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

Oct 06 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre

Oct 08 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

Oct 09 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo

Oct 11 Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex

Oct 12 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium

Oct 14 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl

Oct 15 San Diego, CA - House of Blues

Oct 16 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

Oct 18 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst

All dates with together PANGEA as support