Cancer Bats announce new album ‘Psychic Jailbreak’
CANCER BATS have announced a new album!
Titled Psychic Jailbreak, the upcoming album from the Canadian hardcore punk band is the follow-up to 2018’s The Spark That Moves, and is scheduled to be released in April this year, via the band’s own label Bat Skull Records in partnership with New Damage Records in Canada.
For the upcoming album, CANCER BATS once again enlisted the watchful eyes and ears of producer JP Peters [PROPAGANDHI] at his studio Private Ear Recordings in Winnipeg, MB. Over the course of three weeks, vocalist Liam Cormier, bassist/guitarist Jaye Schwarzer and drummer Mike Peters saw their rough ideas exchanged in emails evolve from Garage Band home demos into thundering songs.
“We knew this album had to be special,” shares Cormier. “Our band has never been one sole member tasked with all the writing. Over the last 15 years of releasing albums, it’s been a collaboration of the four of us forming all musical ideas. That being said, we knew that the three remaining BATS would have to prove our worth with this next album. We wanted to show CANCER BATS fans that an exciting new future was in store for us. To say the stakes were high on this album, would be an understatement. We were all feeling a mix of excitement and nerves as we began tracking the 11 songs that would form this record. On the final days, while adding the last bits of ‘skateboard noises’ and guitar shreds, we were all feeling our confidence levels rise with each playback. This last years’ worth of long hours and many late nights writing, finally coming together as a whole and fully formed effort. We were proud as a band and felt this new offering was worthy to join in the legacy of CANCER BATS albums.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song to be lifted from the upcoming album; the title track Psychic Jailbreak.
Speaking about the new song, Cormier says, “we needed to kick things off with a total banger of a track that makes you want to pump your fist in the air, smash your head to the beat, all while screaming the call to action REJECT THE FALLACY OF TIME! The concept of a Psychic Jailbreak is to completely change one’s perspective on something, in this case it’s our ideas of fixed linear time.”
The new song’s accompanying music video was filmed by Sid Tang and edited by Mitch Barnes and features a collection of footage capturing the recording process for their latest release. It features performances of all three members tracking their parts, behind the scenes shots of what life in the studio entailed, as well as Cormier’s handwritten lyrics animated over top of each scene. “My goal was to capture the intensity and power of the band, while still showing how relaxed and fun the whole recording session was,” shares Sid Tang.
Watch the official music video for Psychic Jailbreak here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Radiate
2. The Hoof
3. Lonely Bong
4. Friday Night
5. Hammering On
6. Crocodiles
7. Shadow of Mercury
8. Keep On Breathin
9. Pressure Mind
10. Rollin Threes
11. Psychic Jailbreak
Psychic Jailbreak is set for release on April 15th via Bat Skull Records/New Damage Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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