All Time Low Announce New Album 'Last Young Renegade'
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Written by Laura Johnson
All Time Low have revealed plans to release a new album this summer.
'Last Young Renegade', the follow up to 2015's 'Future Hearts' and last year's 'Straight To DVD II: Past, Present, and Future Hearts', the band's concert film and live album, will arrive on June 2 through Fueled By Ramen.
"Who is the Last Young Renegade?
After all this time writing music, playing in a band- checking moment after moment off the bucket list- collecting mistakes, making memories, I wondered what it might be like to write about myself if I wasn't the one standing in my shoes. Who am I from the other side of the mirror?
I tried to change perspective in my approach to writing and center in on all of the different versions of me that other people might have met over the years, through the ups and the downs, in the public eye and behind closed doors. Would I like this person? Do I like this person? Do I even recognize this person anymore?
I realized that there's a lot more to me than I'm usually ready to acknowledge, both good and bad. In that realization, I noticed a common thread. We are who we are, even when we try our hardest not to be.
It's a challenge to accept it sometimes. I gave those other sides of me a persona, and a name-- then came the stories like a flood. It was a way for me to confront demons without having to sit at the dinner table with them.
That's the journey on this record: a story of self-realization. Of growing into your own skin through the eyes of someone watching it all unfold on the big screen, wearing a 'Frankie Says Relax' t-shirt. Like watching an old familiar movie, but suddenly you're Marty McFly.
We tried a lot of new things on this album, all within the context of what we love so much about All Time Low-- There's no denying that we were binge watching Stranger Things at the time, while also reflecting on the loss of some of our favorite musicians; Prince, Bowie, George Michael... I think the influence comes through in the best ways. We all felt pulled to exciting and different places as we searched for inspiration, approaching something that's become so familiar to us from a new direction.
I truly hope everyone listening enjoys this record as much as I do. It's been an amazing journey.
The album comes out June 2nd and will be available for pre-order on Friday, Feb 24th. We'll also be posting some pre-order merch bundles, so stay tuned! Pre-order options will be up onalltimelow.com."
Check out the album's artwork above and tracklist, along with the video for the record's first single, Dirty Laundry, below.
Last Young Renegade
Drugs & Candy
Dirty Laundry
Good Times
Nice2KnoU
Life of the Party
Nightmares
Dark Side of Your Room
Ground Control (feat. Tegan and Sara)
Afterglow
All Time Low will return to the UK and Ireland next month and have lined up an Australian and New Zealand tour for May. Tickets are on sale now.
All Time Low Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri March 10 2017 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
Sat March 11 2017 - CARDIFF Cardiff University Students Union
Mon March 13 2017 - SOUTHAMPTON O2 Guildhall Southampton
Tue March 14 2017 - CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Wed March 15 2017 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Thu March 16 2017 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Sat March 18 2017 - LIVERPOOL Liverpool Guild of Students
Sun March 19 2017 - BELFAST Ulster Hall Belfast
Mon March 20 2017 - DUBLIN Olympia
Wed March 22 2017 - BRISTOL O2 Academy Bristol
Thu March 23 2017 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Fri March 24 2017 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Sat March 25 2017 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 Academy Newcastle
Mon March 27 2017 - EDINBURGH Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
Tue March 28 2017 - GLASGOW O2 Academy Glasgow
Thu March 30 2017 - NORWICH Norwich Nick Rayns LCR UEA
Fri March 31 2017 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
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