Cancer Bats have returned with plans for their first new album since the departure of former guitarist Scott Middleton. They'll deliver Psychic Jailbreak on April 15 through Bat Skull Records in partnership with New Damage Records.
Enlisting JP Peters to produce the record at his Winnipeg studio, Private Ear Recordings, the album came together from the three remaining bats looking to "prove [their] worth with this next album," vocalist Liam Cormier said in a statement.
"We wanted to show Cancer Bats fans that an exciting new future was in store for us," he continued. "To say the stakes were high on this album, would be an understatement. We were all feeling a mix of excitement and nerves as we began tracking the 11 songs that would form this record."
Today, you can hear the album's title track, which arrives alongside a video — courtesy of Sid Tang and Mitch Barnes — that sees Cormier, bassist/guitarist Jaye Schwarzer and drummer Mike Peters hard at work in the studio.
"We needed to kick things off with a total banger of a track that makes you want to pump your fist in the air, smash your head to the beat, all while screaming the call to action REJECT THE FALLACY OF TIME!" Cormier said of the track in a statement. "The concept of a 'Psychic Jailbreak' is to completely change one's perspective on something, in this case, it's our ideas of fixed linear time."
Hear the title track below, where you'll also find the album's tracklisting. Psychic Jailbreak marks the follow-up to 2018's Juno-nominated album The Spark That Moves.
Psychic Jailbreak:
1. Radiate
2. The Hoof
3. Lonely Bong
4. Friday Night
5. Hammering On
6. Crocodiles
7. Shadow of Mercury
8. Keep On Breathin'
9. Pressure Mind
10. Rollin Threes
11. Psychic Jailbreak
Pre-order Psychic Jailbreak.
Enlisting JP Peters to produce the record at his Winnipeg studio, Private Ear Recordings, the album came together from the three remaining bats looking to "prove [their] worth with this next album," vocalist Liam Cormier said in a statement.
"We wanted to show Cancer Bats fans that an exciting new future was in store for us," he continued. "To say the stakes were high on this album, would be an understatement. We were all feeling a mix of excitement and nerves as we began tracking the 11 songs that would form this record."
Today, you can hear the album's title track, which arrives alongside a video — courtesy of Sid Tang and Mitch Barnes — that sees Cormier, bassist/guitarist Jaye Schwarzer and drummer Mike Peters hard at work in the studio.
"We needed to kick things off with a total banger of a track that makes you want to pump your fist in the air, smash your head to the beat, all while screaming the call to action REJECT THE FALLACY OF TIME!" Cormier said of the track in a statement. "The concept of a 'Psychic Jailbreak' is to completely change one's perspective on something, in this case, it's our ideas of fixed linear time."
Hear the title track below, where you'll also find the album's tracklisting. Psychic Jailbreak marks the follow-up to 2018's Juno-nominated album The Spark That Moves.
Psychic Jailbreak:
1. Radiate
2. The Hoof
3. Lonely Bong
4. Friday Night
5. Hammering On
6. Crocodiles
7. Shadow of Mercury
8. Keep On Breathin'
9. Pressure Mind
10. Rollin Threes
11. Psychic Jailbreak
Pre-order Psychic Jailbreak.