Alexisonfire have announced their new album Bleed It and released lead single ‘Push The River’, ahead of their Australian appearance at Good Things Festival in December.
Due March 19th, 2027 via Dine Alone Records, the 14 track album follows 2022’s Otherness and marks their second full-length since reuniting in 2015. Its beginnings were different from the usual process: the five members arrived at Toronto’s Revolution Recording without any songs already written.
Across 16 months of demo sessions, Dallas Green brought in drum loops and electronic sketches for the band to build around, opening up an alternative to starting with guitar riffs. The announcement describes a record that gives more space to electronics and shifts in dynamics while retaining the band’s heavier elements.
‘Push The River’ offers the first introduction, accompanied by a video directed by Vanessa Heins.
“‘Push The River’ is an anthem for the restless mind. It is about surrendering to the bedlam of one’s own thoughts and finding peace in the chaos of the everyday task that is living and loving,” the band say.
Alexisonfire’s ‘Push The River’ Video
Producer Kevin Ratterman, whose credits include My Morning Jacket and Jim James, worked with Alexisonfire as they developed the material further at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.
“We really liked the demos. But Kevin allowed the songs to bloom and become this new thing,” George Pettit says. “It’s obviously a very diverse record but he found a cohesive way to make them blend together.”
That collective approach extended to the lyrics, with Green describing a writing process that treated all five members as contributors rather than dividing the work into separate roles.
For Australian fans, the announcement arrives just before a visit centred on an earlier chapter. Alexisonfire will celebrate Crisis at Good Things Festival in December, following anniversary shows overseas marking 20 years of the album.
It puts two different periods of the band alongside each other: a return to Crisis onstage, and a new record developed through months of open-ended studio sessions.
Bleed It is out March 19th, 2027. Pre-order or pre-save the album here.
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