Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for. No wait, this is the news that I have been waiting for! Rise Against has a new album coming this August! They’ve set August 15 as the release date for “Ricochet”, their first new album in four years. The 12-song album was produced by Grammy winner Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Foals, Manchester Orchestra, St. Vincent) and mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Paramore, QOTSA, The Killers). Expect a big record.
If the lead single, “I Want It All”, is any indication, the new Rise Against album will be massive.
Singer Tim McIlrath says, “The algorithm wants our attention so it is designed to make us laugh or cry, but mostly, it wants us to be angry, because that is how it spreads the furthest. Like a pile of marbles, hit hard. Who benefits from our anger? Questions we don’t ask, as we fire away.”
McIlrath adds, “‘Ricochet’ is about our collective inter-connectedness. We started with the title track and that being about how we’re all — whether we like it or not — stuck in the same room, so to speak. Everything you do is going to affect somebody; everything you throw will affect the next person. We’re connected to other countries, other economies; we’re connected to undocumented immigrants. We’re connected to every decision our leaders make. It’s all one big ricochet effect. That idea is the backbone of this album.”
Meanwhile, Rise Against are bringin’ heat this summer. They recently played Los Angeles’s Kia Forum and have toured across three continents this year and show no signs of stopping. Before the album drops, they have a festival headliner run next month and a European tour on the books. Then Vans Warped Tour, and lots of arena and amphitheatre shows in the U.S.
Bring. It. On. Just come to Vancouver, okay?
Rise Against “Ricochet” track listing:
01. Nod
02. I Want It All
03. Ricochet
04. Damage Is Done
05. Us Against The World
06. Black Crown
07. Sink Like A Stone
08. Forty Days
09. State Of Emergency
10. Gold Long Gone
11. Soldier
12. Prizefighter
IMO Rise Against is a dreadfully underrated band. Name a more underrated band. I’ll wait.
