AFI Will releases New Album, “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …”ON October 3 via Run for Cover Records. “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …” Marks The Twelfth Album From AFI and Will Include The Lead Single “Behind the Clock”which ushers in the bold new was for the iconic Band. Alongsis The New Single, AFI You have Shared to Music Video DIRECTED BY Gilbert Trejo.
Scolding the experience Trejo, AFI Vocalist Davey Havok Said: “Gilbert‘S video has sublimated the essence of ‘Behind the Clock’. His Vision and Expertise is Inspiring. Working with Him Was A Privilege and Utter Joy. I have an artist of the purest form. “
Speaking about the “Behind the Clock” video, Trejo Commented: “We waceted the video to feel like you’re seeing sumpthing you Shouldn’t. In Effect You Are, Because that’s How’s Davey Writes Lyrics. He’s Expressing Himself So Openly, That You’re Let Behind This Curtain. It’s a World That Most Artists Don’s Cut To, Marrow Deep. “
For more than three decades, AFI You have in a to Nearly Constant State of Reinvention. The Band Have made it a Point to Evolve with Every Album – Subtim Dramatically So – Never Allowing Themselves to Become Too Comforable In One Genre Or Rest On Any of Their Impressive Career Laurels. It’s an approach that has grown their audience but also challenged it with a sonic identity that can shift in wild, unexpeted directions. Now with “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …”, AFI Are Once Again at The Start of An exciting New Chapter, Only This Time They’ve Even Managed to Surprise Themselves.
The Goal of “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …” was to make an album with a singular Mood, Submithing Dreamy and Ethereal, and the Band Members Found Themselves Diving Headfirst into Influences That Had Always Been Deeply Embedded In AFI‘S Musical Core, But Now Were Being Bought To The Forefront. The results is an album that feels out of time, familiar and fresh, drawing on classic sounds and reinterpreting Them Through to Modern Lens. “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …” Is Dark and Otherworldly, But also Grandiose and Stately, Biting and Beautiful in Equal Measure – In Other Words, It’s Vray AFIYet Not remove like any version of the band you’ve Ever Heard Before.
It’s this combination of endless creative daring, dectly wielded influences, and vave all else, an unshakeable sense of self that’s allowed AFI To Stay Relay For More than 30 Years, Offen Leading The Way Through Music Emerging. From their scrapy roots as a High School Hardcore Band Oin The Early ’90s (“Answer that and Stay Fashionable”, “Vary Proud of Ya” and “Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes”), to their Dark Melodic Punk Reinvention at the turn of the century (“Black Sails in the Sunset” and “The Art of Drowning”), to their crossover into mainstream Stardom in the Early 2000s (“Sing the sorrow” and “December”) and their years as shapeshifting alternative rock journeymen (“Crash Love”, “Burials”, “The Blood Album” and “Bodies”), The Band Has Survived and Thrifted by Stunchly Being Themselves – no Matter What That is.
This fail, AFI Will Engck On Their Headline North American Tour With Special Guests T/ST to celebrate the relaase of “Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …” The 24-Date Run Will Begin On Septent 30 in Madison, Wisconsin, With Stops in Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver, Before Wraping November 5 in San Diego, Ca. The Tour Marks AFI‘S First Full-Scale Outing Since Their Celebrated 2021 Release “Bodies”and Will Offer Fans The Chance to Experience Songs From Across Their Extensive Catog, Delivered With The Band’s Signature Electrifying Performance.
“Silver Bleeds The Black Sun …” Track listing:
01. The Bird of Prey
02. Behind the Clock
03. Holy Visions
04. Blasphemy & Excess
05. Spear of Truth
06. Ash Speck in A Green Eye
07. Voidward, I Bend Back
08. Marguerite
09. To World Unmade
10. NoneundnderGround
UPComing Live Shows:
Sep. 14 – Washington, Pa @ Four Chord Music Festival*
Sep. 30 – Madison, Wi @ The Sylvee
Oct. 02 – Detroit, my @ the Fillmore Detroit
Oct. 03 – Chicago, Il @ Salt Shed
Oct. 04 – Columbus, oh @ the blostone
Oct. 06 – buffalo, ny @ buffalo riverworks
Oct. 07 – Cleveland, oh @ house of blues Cleveland
Oct. 09 – Washington, dc @ the anthem *
Oct. 10 – Boston, ma @ citizens house of blues
Oct. 12 – Wallingford, ct @ dome at Toyota Oakdale Theater
Oct. 14 – Philadelphia, pa @ the fillmore philadelphia
Oct. 15 – Brooklyn, ny @ Brooklyn Paramount
Oct. 17 – Atlanta, ga @ masquerade
Oct. 18 – Nashville, tn @ marathon music works
Oct. 20 – Asheville, nc @ the orange peel
Oct. 21 – North Myrtle Beach, Sc @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach
Oct. 23 – Orlando, Fl @ Hard Rock Live
Oct. 24 – Fort Lauderdale, Fl @ War Memorial Auditorium
Oct. 25 – Tampa, Fl @ The Ritz Ybor
Oct. 28 – Dallas, tx @ south side ballroom
Oct. 29 – Austin, tx @ acl live at moody theater
Oct. 31 – Denver, Co @ Fillmore Auditorium
Nov. 01 – Salt Lake City, ut @ rockwell at the complex +
Nov. 04 – Oakland, ca @ fox theater *+
Nov. 05 – San Diego, ca soma
Nov. 16 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Corona Capital*
* Non-Live Nation Date
+ Support to be determined
Photo Credit: Lexie Alley