Alkaline Trio

[Elisa]

Saw them last night with a huge group of old friends, we spent the day at the beach and then ALK3 played on the same beach, we had a blast - happiest times 💜

 

 

[Coightstradamus]

What the fuck? There are BH&E b-sides?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/lOeul2CfcE

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/mg97PqFeo6

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/ZsZD3esitk
 

2/3 seem to be getting a 7” release soon, possible deluxe album?

https://imgur.com/a/PqOoxc0

how’d I miss all this?

 

[Elisa]

On 8/14/2024 at 1:08 PM, Russel Coight said:

What the fuck? There are BH&E b-sides?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/lOeul2CfcE

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/mg97PqFeo6

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlkalineTrio/s/ZsZD3esitk
 

2/3 seem to be getting a 7” release soon, possible deluxe album?

https://imgur.com/a/PqOoxc0

how’d I miss all this?

 

 
they just came out on Spotify! 

[Resident Zoomer]

I’m really enjoying The Sacrifice. Kinda reminds me of the title track so maybe that’s why it didn’t make the cut? Would’ve been a strong contender for the opener. That “two nuns and one cup” line would’ve been gold in a blink song, could’ve played off Mark’s crude humor wiyh a darker twist with jokes like that. Still upset our boy was neutered but it is what it is. I’m glad Alkaline Trio is thriving, because this is probably one of my favorite ALK3 albums. I honestly am digging the lyrics as a whole. I wish the Bridge had Dan and Matt trading off vocals.

[Just Good Chats]

On 8/16/2024 at 4:09 AM, Elisa said:

 
they just came out on Spotify! 

damn just finding out now lmfao, the sacrafice is great what a great mix of their old riffs and modernity of the now, ah matt skiba is such a dark punk rock king, i feel like the only thing that will stop him from writing great songs is death

[Elisa]

 
 

Hot for Preacher with Derek on the drums 😭

[Coightstradamus]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hnFKH8iu1fZ3FQ7iOaMecp9wcqOiWE5X/edit

new song clip

 

wonder if we’re getting an EP before the tour with blink kicks off? Is this the Travis produced stuff?

[Coightstradamus]

New song is out here. Called “Oblivion”

only listened once so far. Liked it a lot. Nice and catchy.

Travis is producer and credited as a songwriter 🙃

[allsystemsgo]

 

[WPGBlink]

I like this a lot. Matt sounds wicked. 

[JarJarBlinks]

With Travis producing this, I want more California-lineup blink/Alk3/whatever. 

sorry not sorry. 

[Ghost]

Really nice one. Classic super catchy trio chorus. Great.

On a first listen, production wise it sounds pretty content, and that's a good thing coming from Travis.

[Ghent]

Best Alkaline Trio song I've ever heard I think lol

Definitely time to join up with blink and make it a 4 piece

[William J. Laimbeer]

Just listened to Oblivion. I don’t get the hype. Sounds just like every other mediocre Ak3 song in existence. All their shit sounds the same. Kinda funny that Travis is producing for the original drummer of Angels & Airwaves now though. 

[Coightstradamus]

17 minutes ago, Sun God said:

Just listened to Oblivion. I don’t get the hype. Sounds just like every other mediocre Ak3 song in existence. All their shit sounds the same.

This is a Jan-tier type of response. 

[William J. Laimbeer]

7 minutes ago, Russel Coight said:

This is a Jan-tier type of response. 

I mean it’s true though. From Matt’s cadence to the placement of the pick scrape, shit sounds like every other Ak3 song I’ve ever heard. I guess they’re just not for me. 

[thongrider]

1 minute ago, Sun God said:

I mean it’s true though. From Matt’s cadence to the placement of the pick scrape, shit sounds like every other Ak3 song I’ve ever heard. I guess they’re just not for me. 

You don't even like the God Damnit stuff?

[William J. Laimbeer]

5 minutes ago, thongrider said:

You don't even like the God Damnit stuff?

Na. Always thought they were edge lords 

[William J. Laimbeer]

Honestly I do respect Ak3 though and I dig some of their songs. They’re just mostly not my cup of tea and that’s ok. I honestly just wanted to get clowned. Thank you Big Russ, feels good. 

[Coightstradamus]

 

Spoiler

Alkaline Trio have returned with a new single. "Oblivion" is the first of three songs recently recorded alongside producer Travis Barker (blink-182).

It also marks the band's first recording with drummer Atom Willard, who has been playing with the band for the best part of the last two years, after replacing Derek Grant who departed in 2023 after 22 years. On the recording sessions, Barker said:

"Recording with Alkaline Trio was such a treat. Bringing these songs to life from the demos Matt recorded was so exciting. Both Matt and Dan are incredible lyricists, two of my all-time favourites. The studio never feels like work, just a magical place to create. The process was so natural and easy, I could’ve kept going forever. Really proud of these songs me, Matt, Dan, and Atom recorded. Excited for what’s ahead for Alkaline Trio and for fans to hear these special songs we made."

Matt Skiba commented: "I don’t think I’ve ever had such a great time in the studio. We'd wanted to get into the studio with Atom as soon as he’d joined the band and we finally found the time to do it. The idea to work with Travis came to me after guesting on a project he was producing at his studio. I was blown away by how natural and amazing Travis is in the role of a producer and by the beauty and serenity of his studio. We had initially gone in thinking we would do a cover we’d been playing with, to take the pressure off of our first recording with Atom but ended up with three new songs. I already knew how great Travis is in the studio (from my time with Blink), beyond his great drumming and unique and out-of-the-box songwriting abilities. His vision and talent is the perfect fit for us. I am a drummer at heart so having Atom and Travis working in tandem as drummers and songwriters was absolute heaven for me. Working with two of my favourite drummers was surreal and dreamlike, never mind two of my favourite people in the world. I told Travis that it really feels like he is our fourth member on this."

Dan Andriano added: "We went into the studio thinking we’d record one new song and maybe a cover as well, ended up tracking THREE new Alkaline Trio originals! Matt’s been on fire lately, between him having so many good ideas and Travis being so easy and cool to work with we could’ve stayed in there forever. It’s always exciting when working with a producer for the first time, but Travis really blew us all away. He had so many cool and thoughtful ideas for all aspects of the tunes, from structure and writing suggestions to mix ideas… it was awesome. I have a feeling we might just do this again!"

On his first recording session with the band, Atom Willard said: "For me, recording that week was like being 20 years old again. Going into the studio not knowing exactly what we were going to be doing or working on made it super fun and exciting. Collaborating on all parts of these songs was really fun and inspiring. I feel like we could have just kept going and going the way everything was coming together so readily."

Huge glow up for Travis here. They loved working with him. 
 

“I told Travis that it really feels like he is our fourth member on this."