CELEBRATED NEW YORK PUNK BAND FIRST NEW ALBUM IN SIX YEARS.

Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and the band are excited to announce the Friday, April 10 release of ‘The Horror Show’, the New York punk institution’s brand new studio album. Its first full-length offering in six years — along with being the band’s most expansive and textural album to date — it is a collection of songs forged in grief, courage, and the refusal to stand still. Written largely in the wake of frontman Vinnie Caruana’s profound personal loss, the album explores friendship, mortality, love, and resilience with a deeper emotional weight than ever before, all while embracing total creative freedom. Leading the set is the album’s titletrack, an intensely intimate song that details the act of grieving and an altered worldview as a result of a dear friend’s passing. “Immeasurable loss is something all of us will endure, if we haven’t already” Caruana said. “Like when a grenade explodes in a war movie, all you hear is the ringing in your ears and see the world in front of you with a different tint.” Watch the music video directed by Jesse Korman and featuring Michael C. Williams (The Blair Witch Project)

22 years into their career, group are making the most powerful music of their lives with this album, the band’s fifth full-length album and Equal Vision Records debut. The heart of this release beats in the wake of unimaginable loss. “Experiencing ultimate loss will change you on a cellular level” says frontman Vinnie Caruana. “About 75% of the lyrics were written after my best friend passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.” Rebuilding from that devastation brought a new perspective. “You find courage you didn’t know you had” he reflects. “Courage… that was his last gift to me.” While the record confronts grief, it is not defined by it. Across 11 tracks, I Am The Avalanche explore various personal themes with the same urgency that has fueled them since day one, but this time drawn from a deeper emotional well than ever before. It’s reflected in Caruana’s lyric writing but embraced by the whole band. “We go to a lot of new places, musically” Caruana explains. “There are no rules or constraints. Complete freedom to create and push our music forward.” Out of that tribute comes a duality: lp holds grief and celebration side by side. In that, Caruana hopes this album can become a guide for anyone experiencing loss. “This record can become a lifelong companion for those who let it in” he says. “The message is simple: You are stronger than you think you are and you are not alone.” The new album will be carried across the world as band join tours in support before heading out on their own. For fans, it’s a chance to see the band at the peak of their powers. For Caruana, it’s another step forward in the process of healing. “My only hope is that performing these songs on stage will repair the part of my soul that broke during the writing process. If that doesn’t happen, that’s okay. I achieved my mission and I’ll happily die tomorrow with a full and simultaneously broken heart” he admits. After years of survival, the band return with a new release, aiming not just to endure but to thrive.

‘The Horror Show’ tracklisting:

God’s Travel Plans
The Horror Show
Laughing And Bleeding
I’m Not Dead (I Just Blinked And Never Saw The Light Again)
Osprey
5:55
I Miss California And Every Dog I’ve Ever Met
True Legends Never Die
Alive On 14th Street
Rogue Knife
Trébuchet