CANADIAN PUNK VETS THE FLATLINERS PONDER THE PARALLELS BETWEEN MODERN WELLNESS & RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION ON NEW SINGLE, ”INNER PEACE”

MUSIC VIDEO FOR “INNER PEACE” NOW STREAMING ON YOUTUBE; SINGLE NOW STREAMING ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS

SPRING/SUMMER NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN HEADLINE AND FESTIVAL APPEARANCES ANNOUNCED

NEW ALBUM, COLD WORLD, PRODUCED BY CHRIS CRESSWELL AND THE FLATLINERS, AVAILABLE VIA EQUAL VISION RECORDS / DINE ALONE RECORDS ON FRIDAY, MAY 8

Editors Pick [“Good, You?”] — Guitar World

"Cold World finds the band pushing forward with sharpened edges and a renewed sense of clarity." — Exclaim!

“As rousing, rallying and raucous as it gets … It’s punk-rock as it should be. Heartfelt and honest.” [“Good, You?”] — Rock Sound

Equal Vision Records, Dine Alone Records and The Flatliners are pleased to present “Inner Peace,” the latest single to be lifted from the Friday, May 8 release of Cold World, the longstanding, Juno-nominated Canadian punk quartet’s brand new studio album (pre-order, pre-save and pre-add HERE). Taking aim at the sometimes snake-oily and always exhausting parallels between modern wellness and religious indoctrination, “Inner Peace” reveals that there’s perspective in the imperfect. There’s authenticity in the audacious. It’s an unrelenting beast, this quest for inner peace. Watch the music video for “Inner Peace” on YouTube HERE, and stream the track on all platforms HERE. 

While 2022's New Ruin was preoccupied with the inherited damages of the last generation, the forthcoming Cold World sees that legacy for what it is — a ghost, a fading memory. If New Ruin was about the rage of realization, now we're damned with the aftermath of clarity. Welcome to the future. Watch the music video for the album’s first single, “Good, You?”, directed by Jeff Powers on YouTube HERE, and stream the track on all platforms HERE. 

Maybe the greatest resistance that any artist can offer today is the radical act of stability — the same four people, friends since they were kids, playing music together because they have been compelled to for nearly their entire lives, 24 years and counting. 

Cold World, the brand new studio album from Canadian punk veterans The Flatliners, is the sound of a band free to make what they want with the people they want to make it with, to try to carve out some space to demonstrate a different way of doing things — a space where bands share credit equally, where friends grow and work together over decades, a space where stability is the reward for sticking to your vision. 

That vision has evolved into a consistent confidence that gives The Flatliners the freedom to experiment with the edges of their sound while grounded by each other, locking out the decay of the world outside. The band fought through the fire of their last record only to find a landscape of debasement and erasure, and an increasingly cold world for all of us to live in.

The textures of Cold World itself are anything but comfortable and familiar. The band’s airtight foundation of bassist Jon Darbey and drummer Paul Ramirez continues to drive with a learned, casual urgency on rippers like “Inner Peace” and “Burn,” while Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham deploy the controlled chaos of their shredding two-guitar attack, enveloping the listener on songs like “Pulpit” and “Whyte Light.” As the album ends, we may be drifting out into darkness. But if we’re lucky, we can choose who we drift with. 

The Flatliners will be making the following appearances in 2026. Dates below with more to be announced soon. 

MARCH
20 — Winnipeg, MB — Park Theatre

MAY
02 — Philadelphia, PA — Sing Us Home Festival #
03 — Garwood, NJ — Crossroads *
05 — Washington, DC — The Pearl *
06 — Virginia Beach, VA — The Bunker *
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Meadows *
09 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
10 — 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 #
30 — Stockholm, SE — Kollektivet Livet

JULY
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #

AUGUST
18 — Nottingham, UK — Rescue Rooms ~
19 — Glasgow, UK — Slay Glasgow ~
21 — Manchester, UK — The Bread Shed ~
22 — London, UK — The Garage ~
23 — Bristol, UK — The Fleece ~
28 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis' Pub @
29 — South Edmonton Common, AB — Pawn Shop Live @
30 — Calgary, AB — The Arrowhead @ 

SEPTEMBER
01 — Fernie, BC — The Northern Bar & Stage @
04 — Vancouver, BC — Harbour Convention Centre @
05 — Kelowna, BC — Kelowna Event Centre @

* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance
~ — w/ A Wilhelm Scream
@ — supporting Propagandhi