{"id":26869,"date":"2025-08-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26869"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:51:30","slug":"afi-new-album-due","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26869","title":{"rendered":"AFI &#8211; New Album due"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>AFI announce new album<br><em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun&#8230;<\/em><br><br>Out October 3rd via Run For Cover Records<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mail-13.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mail-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mail-13.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mail-13-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mail-13-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>AFI announce their new album&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;due October 3rd via Run For Cover Records, today.&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;marks the twelfth album from AFI and will include the lead single &#8216;Behind the Clock,&#8217; which ushers in the bold new era for the iconic band. Alongside the new single, AFI share a music video directed by Gilbert Trejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the &#8216;Behind the Clock&#8217; video, director Trejo offers, \u201cWe wanted the video to feel like you\u2019re seeing something you shouldn\u2019t. In effect you are, because that\u2019s how Davey writes lyrics. He\u2019s expressing himself so openly, that you\u2019re let behind this curtain. It\u2019s a world that most artists don\u2019t cut to, marrow deep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing the experience working with Trejo, vocalist Davey Havok shares, \u201cGilbert\u2019s video has sublimated the essence of \u2018Behind the Clock.\u2019 His vision and expertise is inspiring. Working with him was a privilege and utter joy. He is an artist of the purest form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pre-order \/ save&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-t\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AFI - Behind The Clock (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p8XqTOhST-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than three decades, AFI has been in a nearly constant state of reinvention. The band have made it a point to evolve with every album \u2013 sometimes dramatically so \u2013 never allowing themselves to become too comfortable in one genre or rest on any of their impressive career laurels. It\u2019s an approach that has grown their audience but also challenged it with a sonic identity that can shift in wild, unexpected directions. Now with&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>, AFI are once again at the start of an exciting new chapter, only this time they\u2019ve even managed to surprise themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;was to make an album with a singular mood, something dreamy and ethereal, and the band members found themselves diving headfirst into influences that had always been deeply embedded in AFI\u2019s musical core, but now were being brought to the forefront. The result is an album that feels out of time, at once familiar and fresh, drawing on classic sounds and reinterpreting them through a modern lens.&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026<\/em>&nbsp;is dark and otherworldly, but also grandiose and stately, biting and beautiful in equal measure\u2014in other words, it\u2019s very AFI, yet not quite like any version of the band you\u2019ve ever heard before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s this combination of endless creative daring, deftly wielded influences, and above all else, an unshakeable sense of self that\u2019s allowed AFI to stay relevant for more than 30 years, often leading the way through emerging musical moments. From their scrappy roots as a high school hardcore band in the early \u201890s (<em>Answer That and Stay Fashionable<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Very Proud of Ya<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes<\/em>), to their dark melodic punk reinvention at the turn of the century (<em>Black Sails in the Sunset<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Art of Drowning<\/em>), to their crossover into mainstream stardom in the early 2000s (<em>Sing the Sorrow<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Decemberunderground<\/em>) and their years as shapeshifting alternative rock journeymen (<em>Crash Love<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Burials<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Blood Album<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Bodies<\/em>), the band has survived and thrived by staunchly being themselves\u2014no matter what that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fall, AFI will embark on their headline North American tour with special guests TR\/ST to celebrate the release of&nbsp;<em>Silver Bleeds The Black Sun&#8230;<\/em>&nbsp;The 24-date run will begin on September 30th in Madison, WI with stops in Chicago, Brooklyn, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver, before wrapping November 5th in San Diego, CA. The tour marks AFI\u2019s first full-scale outing since their celebrated 2021 release&nbsp;<em>Bodies<\/em>, and will offer fans the chance to experience songs from across their extensive catalogue, delivered with the band\u2019s signature electrifying performance. Tickets available&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-h\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ufeff\ufeffConnect with AFI:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-c\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-q\/\">Website<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-a\/\">Spotify<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/prescriptionpr.cmail19.com\/t\/j-l-whdkudk-jtzijduii-f\/\">Apple Music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFI announce new albumSilver Bleeds the Black Sun&#8230; Out October 3rd via Run For Cover Records AFI announce their new album&nbsp;Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026&nbsp;due October 3rd via Run For Cover Records, today.&nbsp;Silver Bleeds the Black Sun\u2026&nbsp;marks the twelfth album from AFI and will include the lead single &#8216;Behind the Clock,&#8217; which ushers in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1818,1681,1680,1833],"class_list":["post-26869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-new-album","tag-rpmnews1","tag-rpmonline","tag-tourlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26872,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869\/revisions\/26872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}