ALEXISONFIRE: TO RELEASE FOURTH ALBUM 'OLD CROWS/YOUNG CARDINALS' JUNE 23

ON VAGRANT RECORDS FIRST SINGLE "YOUNG CARDINALS" UP NOW ON IMEEM SOLD-OUT HEADLINING THREE-NIGHT-STAND IN LONDON IN EARLY JUNE, VANS WARPED

April 24, 2009, 12:17 AM

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Coming off their 2007 breakout album Crisis--which achieved platinum-selling status in Canada after debuting at #1 on the Top 200 Nielsen Soundscan Chart there--ALEXISONFIRE have announced they’ll release their fourth studio album OLD CROWS/YOUNG CARDINALS June 23 on Vagrant Records. Fans can get an early listen of “Young Cardinals”--the first single off the new album--up now exclusively on IMEEM: alexisonfire Music Profile on IMEEM.

For the new album, the St. Catharines, Ontario-based rock group--DALLAS GREEN (vocalist/guitarist), JORDAN HASTINGS (drummer), WADE MACNEIL (guitarist/vocalist), GEORGE PETTIT (vocalist) and CHRIS STEELE (bassist)--re-teamed with Julius “Juice” Butty (Protest the Hero, City and Colour) to produce. Even more intense and focused than before, the sound here is bracingly rhythmic, shot through with a do-or-die vocal urgency and sharp harmonies.

“OLD CROWS/YOUNG CARDINALS was built on the foundation of Crisis, musically it moves at a feverish pace,” explains singer PETTIT. “The lyrics span from metaphysical rebellion, to living as a nomad. This album is the culmination of the history of our band. Personally, I feel it is our best record yet, but you get to be the judge of that.”

OLD CROWS/YOUNG CARDINALS marks ALEXISONFIRE’s fourth full-length CD and follows Crisis which was hailed by the popular U.K. rock magazine Kerrang! with a five-out-of-five rating: “…it’s a reinvention of gargantuan proportions. Huge Misfit-inspired, last-gang-in-town choruses, triple-threat vocal tag teaming and relentless, face-melting playing make this by far their most assured, accomplished, anthemic release yet and sees them stake a claim for the hearts and heads of a much deserved wider audience. ...Crisis? Prepare for widespread panic.” Their previous release, 2004’s Watch Out! debuted at #6 on the Soundscan chart and was certified gold in Canada in just 12 weeks--the disc has since gone onto platinum status--and earned the group their first-ever Juno Award for “New Group of The Year.”

In early June, ALEXISONFIRE will head to Germany for the Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals. Next up, they’ll hit London for a three-night sold-out stand at Borderline. Late June, the group will perform on the entire Vans Warped Tour 2009 (June 26-August 23), joining NOFX, 3Oh!3, Bad Religion, Flogging Molly, TSOL, Underoath and many more on the annual punk rock extravaganza which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Onstage is where ALEXISONFIRE explode. As Metal Hammer noted during their Taste of Chaos performance in the U.K.: “As a band who can daily sell-out 8,000 capacity crowds in their native Canada, Brixton might not seem like a challenge, but AOF still work hard and fast to fill the space, with spellbinding results. After a set like this, and a reaction like that, 2007 could well be the year Alexis catch fire on every venue they land in.”

Catch ALEXISONFIRE on the road in the following cities:

DATE CITY VENUE
German festival dates:
Sat 6/6 Nürburgring, Germany Rock Am Ring
Sun 6/7 Nürnberg, Germany Rock Im Park

Sold-out headlining U.K. tour:
Tue 6/9 London, U.K. Borderline (w/Sharks)
Wed 6/10 London, U.K. Borderline (w/Hexes)
Thu 6/11 London, U.K. Borderline (w/Ghost of a Thousand)

Festival dates:
Sat 6/20 Toronto, ONT Downsview Park

Vans Warped Tour 2009 (entire summer run):
Fri 6/26 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Sat 6/27 San Francisco, CA Pier 30/32
Sun 6/28 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Tue 6/30 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Wed 7/1 Las Cruces, NM NMSU Practice Field
Thu 7/2 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Fri 7/3 Houston, TX The Showgrounds @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sun 7/5 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Tue 7/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/8 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
Thu 7/9 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
Sat 7/11 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun 7/12 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Tue 7/14 Washington, DC Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed 7/15 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Thu 7/16 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Fri 7/17 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 7/18 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sun 7/19 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue 7/21 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Wed 7/22 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 7/23 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/24 Orlando, FL Central Florida Fairgrounds
Sat 7/25 Miami, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Sun 7/26 Tampa, FL Vinoy Park
Tue 7/28 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 7/29 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Thu 7/30 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Fri 7/31 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat 8/1 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 8/2 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
Mon 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 8/4 Kansas City, MO Sandstone Amphitheatre
Fri 8/7 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 8/8 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 8/9 Denver, CO Invesco Field
Wed 8/12 Calgary, AB Race City Speedway
Fri 8/14 Vancouver, BC Thunderbird Stadium
Sat 8/15 Seattle, WA Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 8/16 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds
Wed 8/19 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Thu 8/20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Fri 8/21 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat 8/22 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
Sun 8/23 Los Angeles, CA Home Depot Center

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