Alexisonfire have released their long-anticipated and first full-length album in over 13 years, Otherness. Arguably the band’s most cohesive and self-actualized record to date, Otherness features impassioned anthems with earnest and deeply heartfelt lyrics and impeccable vocal and musical performances from the iconic quintet. The album's arrival comes accompanied by a breathtaking new video for the band’s latest single Sans Soleil. Watch the Michael Maxxis-directed video below.
Guitarist/vocalist Wade MacNeil has described the song as being
"...about hanging onto hope during the heaviest times, healing and letting go. Dreaming of a future where all this hurt is behind you."
The visually stunning, dreamlike video was shot in New Orleans.
“‘Sans Soleil’ is such a beautiful, haunting, mysterious, and uplifting song, and it immediately inspires a certain type of visual,” explains Maxxis. “The idea was to make something that was opposite of that first flight of instinct that still possessed the same innate spirit. The process we undertook conceptualizing this video was one of the most unique and rewarding of my career.”
Otherness features 10 fresh, original songs including the explosive first single, Sweet Dreams Of Otherness, previously released banger Reverse The Curse and the hauntingly beautiful Sans Soleil. The album is produced by Alexisonfire and mixed by punk stalwart Jonah Falco (Fucked Up, Chubby and the Gang).
The album was driven by a mission statement that the band has now shared publicly.
A continuous thread through the fabric of Alexisonfire is the state of otherness. Otherness drew us all to spaces where a band like this could be formed. We attract the type of individuals that have all felt the sensation of being strange or unique. Perceived or otherwise, otherness has followed us through childhood, adolescence, and into our adult lives. It drives our tastes and proclivities. It bonds us with ourselves and others. And make no mistake, even at our most domestic and mundane moments, we are true outliers.
Alexisonfire - Otherness
01. Committed to the Con
02. Sweet Dreams of Otherness
03. Sans Soleil
04. Conditional Love
05. Blue Spade
06. Dark Night of the Soul
07. Mistaken Information
08. Survivor's Guilt
09. Reverse the Curse
10. World Stops Turning
Listen To Otherness Now
