Northlane have announced that their upcoming studio album has been titled Alien and will arrive on August 2nd through UNFD. The group produced the effort themselves, with recording taking place at Chris Blancato’s studio in Sydney. Frontman Marcus Bridge recorded vocals at Electric Sun Studios, also in Sydney. Pre-orders for the effort are now live at this link.
A music video for the album’s first single, “Bloodline”, debuted recently and can be found below. Bridge said of the track:
“‘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.”
On working with director Jason Eshraghian, Bridge said:
“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.”
Additionally, the group have announced tour dates in support of Alien. A U.S. leg of the run will kick off in August and feature ERRA, Currents, and Crystal Lake. An Australian trek will take place in October and include support from Counterparts, Silent Planet, and Void Of Vision. Finally, Northlane will head over to Europe, again with Silent Planet and Void Of Vision.
Alien track listing:
- “Details Matter”
- “Bloodline”
- “4D”
- “Taking Heads”
- “Freefall”
- “Jinn”
- “Eclipse”
- “Rift”
- “Paradigm”
- “Vultures”
- “Sleepless”
8/14 – San Francisco, CA | Slim’s *
8/16 – Seattle, WA | El Corazon *
8/17 – Vancouver, BC | Bitmore Cabaret *
8/18 – Portland, OR | Bossanova Ballroom *
8/20 – Salt Lake City, UT | The Complex *
8/21 – Denver, CO | Marquis Theater *
8/23 – Minneapolis, MN | Amsterdam *
8/24 – Chicago, IL | Bottom Lounge *
8/25 – Detroit, MI | The Shelter *
8/27 – Cleveland, OH | Beachland Ballroom *
8/28 – Pittsburgh, PA | Rex Theater *
8/29 – Toronto, ON | Mod Club *
8/30 – Montreal, QC | Fairmount *
8/31 – Boston, MA | Brighton Music Hall *
9/01 – New York, NY | Gramercy Theater *
9/03 – Philadelphia, PA | The Foundry *
9/04 – Baltimore, MD | Soundstage *
9/05 – Greensboro, NC | Blind Tiger *
9/06 – Atlanta, GA | Masquerade *
9/07 – Tampa, FL | Orpheum *
9/09 – Houston, TX | White Oak Music Hall *
9/10 – Dallas, TX | Gas Monkey *
9/11 – San Antonio, TX | Paper Tiger *
9/13 – Mesa, AZ | Nile Theater *
9/14 – Anaheim, CA | Chain Reaction *
9/15 – Los Angeles, CA | Teragram Ballroom *
10/11 – Sydney, AU | UNSW Roundhouse ^
10/12 – Brisbane, AU | Triffid ^
10/18 – Melbourne, AU | 170 Russell ^
10/19 – Adelaide, AU | Lion Arts Factory ^
10/20 – Perth, AU | Capitol ^ ~
11/22 – Karlsruhe, DE | De Weiße Rose +
11/23 – Paris, FR | Le Gibus +
11/24 – Antwerp, BE | 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, NL | Patronaat +
12/04 – Copenhagen, DK | Hotel Cecil +
12/05 – Eskilstuna, SE | Lokomotivet +
12/07 – Helsinki, FI | On The Rocks +
12/09 – Gothenburg, SE | Tradgarn +
12/10 – Hamburg, DE | Markthalle +
12/11 – Berlin, DE | SO36v +
12/12 – Warsaw, PL | Proxima +
12/13 – Leipzig, DE | Conne Island +
12/14 – Prague, CZ | Palac Akropolis +
12/15 – Wien, AT | Flex +
12/17 – Munchen, DE | Backstage +
12/18 – Aarau, CH | Kiff +
12/19 – Luxemburg, LU | Den Atelier +
12/20 – Koln, DE | Essigfabrik +
12/21 – Wiesbaden, DE | De Schlachthof +
* = w/ ERRA, Currents and Crystal Lake
^ = w/ Counterparts, Silent Planet and Void Of Vision
+ = w/ Silent Planet & Void Of Vision
~ = no Void Of Vision
