Alkaline Trio: Is This Thing Cursed? 12″

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Across 2 decades, 8 albums, and a multitude of singles, splits, and EPs,Alkaline Triohas built a reputation as a defining act in punk rock’s modern era. Formed in Chicago by vocalist-guitaristMatt Skibain 1996, the band would come into its own with its debutGoddammitin 1998. Since then, the group has continually evolved, incorporating new influences with each record while achieving artistic, critical, and commercial success along the way.It’s been 5 years sinceAlkaline Trioreleased their last album,My Shame Is True. In that time, they’ve toured the world and sold over a million records.Dan Andrianoand drummerDerek Grantboth released solo albums wile Skiba joined blink-182 for the chart-toppingCalifornia.

Alkaline Trio’sninth studio release,Is This Thing Cursed?was produced and mixed byCameron Webband serves as the group’s first album written almost entirely in the studio. It’s when the songs began to really come together that the band noticed the new material forming parallels with 2000’sMaybe I’ll Catch Fire. According toAlkaline Trio,Is This Thing Cursed?is a cousin or sibling toMaybe I’ll CatchFire. 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.”