The Flatliners have announced the release of their new studio album, Cold World, arriving Friday, May 8 via Equal Vision Records and Dine Alone Records. Produced by Chris Cresswell alongside the band, the forthcoming record follows 2022’s New Ruin and marks another chapter in the quartet’s 24-year tenure. Where the previous album wrestled with generational damage and reckoning, Cold World turns its gaze toward the aftermath — the clarity that follows realization and the stark landscape left behind.
Leading the release is the single “Good, You?”, now streaming across digital platforms. The track offers a sharp, tongue-in-cheek critique of toxic masculinity and the reluctance to speak openly about emotion. A companion music video, directed by Jeff Powers, pays homage to the exuberant spirit of 1990s music television, recreating a stylized visual world reminiscent of the era in which the band came of age.
For The Flatliners — bassist Jon Darbey, drummer Paul Ramirez, and guitarists Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham — endurance itself stands as quiet defiance. Friends since youth, the four musicians have continued to operate as a united creative force, sharing credit equally and evolving without surrendering their collective identity.
Musically, Cold World expands at the edges while remaining rooted in the group’s foundation. Darbey and Ramirez drive forward with practiced urgency on tracks such as “Inner Peace” and “Burn,” while the twin-guitar attack of Cresswell and Brigham delivers controlled chaos on songs including “Pulpit” and “Whyte Light.” The result is an album textured with tension and resolve — an exploration of instability met with steadfast camaraderie.
In support of the release, The Flatliners have announced an extensive slate of spring and summer appearances across North America and Europe, including headline dates and festival engagements. The tour will carry the band from Canadian stages through the United States and onward to Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and beyond, with select dates alongside A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest, and Samiam.
Cold World arrives May 8, signaling not merely another release, but the continued presence of one of Canada’s most enduring punk institutions.
TOUR DATES
FEBRUARY
20 — Kingston, ON — Broom Factory
21 — Oshawa, ON — Bond Street Event Centre
26 — Tillonsburg, ON — Paddy’s Underground
27 — Guelph, ON — Sonic Hall
28 — St. Catharines, ON — Warehouse Concert Hall
MARCH
20 — Winnipeg, MB — Park Theatre
MAY
02 — Philadelphia, PA — Sing Us Home Festival #
05 — Washington, DC — The Pearl *
06 — Virginia Beach, VA — The Bunker *
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Meadows *
09 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
28 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield ^
29 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop ^
30 — San Jose, CA — The Ritz ^
31 — Los Angeles, CA — Teragram Ballroom ^
JUNE
19 — Hamburg, DE — Bahnhof Paulo
20 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
21 — Dresden, DE — Farewell Youth Fest #
23 — Vienna, AT — Arena
24 — Munich, DE — Strom
25 — Cologne, DE — Gebaude 9
26 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air #
27 — Munster, De — Vainstream #
28 — Tabor, CZ — Mighty Sounds Festival #
JULY
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #
* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance
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