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Rise Against has announced the arrival of their forthcoming album, Ricochet, their first full-length in four years. The 12-track collection, led by the new single “I Want It All,” is slated to arrive on August 15. In addition to the new release, the album will feature previously released singles “Nod” and “Prizefighter.” You can preorder Ricochet here. “Ricochet is about our collective inter-connectedness,” frontman Tim McIlrath shares. “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;… Read more »
At long last, La Dispute have officially returned. The Michigan post-hardcore group launched not one, but three new singles: “I Shaved My Head,” “Man With Hands And Ankles Bound,” and “Autofiction Detail.” Plus, the group also shared that their fifth LP is on its way, entitled No One Was Driving The Car, set for release on September 5. Notably, the new record is inspired heavily by Paul Schrader’s psychological thriller First Reformed (2017). This marks their first album since 2019’s Panorama. Alongside the singles release, La Dispute also shared a music video for “I Shaved My Head,” directed by Steven… Read more »
Ahead of the May 23 release of their EP, Outrun You All, House of Protection is back with their new song and music video for “I Need More Than This.” Previously, iconic duo Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison released singles “Fire,” “Braindead,” and “Afterlife.” House of Protection noted, “‘I Need More Than This’ is us exploring a mood between really heavy/fast and slow/chill. We don’t really have a song like this so it was fun to push ourselves in this way.” Improta and Harrison showcase their range of soothing, clean vocals and gritty, urgent yells. This experimental track is exactly… Read more »
Ahead of their fourth full-length record, Joyride The Pale Horse, arriving on April 25, Heart Attack Man has unleashed the title track for the LP. The Cleveland-based trio also paired its arrival with an official music video. Lead singer Eric Egan notes, “This song ended up really feeling like the combination of all the ideas and feelings present throughout the album; hence why it’s the title track, and why it felt fitting to have it be the closer. Ironically enough, it was the first song written for this album, and in many ways set a lot of the energy into motion.” He continues,… Read more »
Marking their second single of the year and their first new material in three years, Rise Against returns with their latest offering, “Prizefighter.” Tim McIlrath shares, “‘Prizefighter’ is about a compulsion to create, that then creates an audience, and then your connection with that audience and your responsibilities to that audience, and how much an artist is obliged to that audience. It’s trying to reconcile the shift from spectator to the public arena, and what you owe the people that are your fans versus what you owe your own mental health.” Rise Against is currently on the road for The… Read more »
House Of Protection just dropped an instantly iconic new single, “Fire” ahead of the release of their sophomore EP Outrun You All, due out on May 23 via Red Bull Records. Plus, Stephen Harrison and Aric Improta also announced an EP release show set at Los Angeles’ The Roxy on May 24. The duo shares, “The goal with ‘Fire’ was to write something with as much infectious energy as possible. A song that could invoke as much dancing as it does moshing. It’s a hard balance to pull off. This has been the one new song we’ve played on tour before its… Read more »
Arriving at a critical time in history just days after the 2025 U.S. inauguration in January, Rise Against is showcasing the global reach of their first new single in three years, “Nod,” with their latest video. The track is a powerful reinforcement of the band’s longstanding themes of unity and resistance. With its urgent instrumentation and defiant lyricism, Rise Against continues their tradition of using music as a platform for social commentary, addressing an extremely divided political climate. Vocalist Tim McIlrath reminds us, “‘Nod’ is about the solace we find in community. It’s about the comfort in knowing that we… Read more »
