Bad Religion have announced a September 28 release date for their their fifteenth studio album, The Dissent of Man. The album's first single "The Devil in Stitches" made its debut on KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles on Tuesday and can be heard now at www.myspace.com/badreligion
Additionally, Bad Religion will kick off a North American tour in October with support from Bouncing Souls and Off With Their Heads.
Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), The Dissent of Man finds Bad Religion pushing the boundaries of their music as much today as they did in their formative years as a genre defining punk band. Over the course of making the album, primary songwriters Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz's songwriting was informed by life changing events, with Graffin writing his forthcoming book "Anarchy Evolution" (out Sept 28) and Gurewitz embarking on parenthood again.
"These are some of my favorite songs I've ever written," says Gurewitz. "A few of them took me way outside my comfort zone as a writer to a place I haven't gone since Recipe or Stranger than Fiction."
The result is one of the band's most forward thinking and musically varied albums ever. The Dissent of Man is not only a snapshot of the band's personal experiences of the past years but also of their continued maturity in songwriting, capturing an array of styles ranging from blazing punk rock songs like the opener "The Day That the Earth Stalled" and "Meeting of the Minds" and classic rock-tinged cuts like "Cyanide" and "Turn Your Back on Me" to radio rock ready hits like the first single "The Devil in Stiches."
"I feel like the last couple of records have been amongst our most conservative, never straying too far from a Bad Religion sound," adds Gurewitz. "Whereas on this one we're taking the songs to a lot of different places, exploring our influences and trying out some new things in a way we haven't done in years."
The Dissent of Man Track Listing:
1. The Day That the Earth Stalled- 1:23
2. Only Rain- 2:43
3. The Resist Stance- 2:32
4. Won't Somebody- 2:42
5. The Devil in Stitches- 3:28
6. Pride and the Pallor- 2:56
7. Wrong Way Kids- 2:43
8. Meeting of the Minds- 2:06
9. Someone to Believe- 2:38
10. Avalon- 3:28
11. Cyanide- 3:55
12. Turn Your Back On Me- 2:24
13. Ad Hominem- 3:27
14. Where The Fun Is- 3:04
15. I Won't Say Anything- 3:22
Bad Religion Tour Dates:
9/4 - Edmonton, AB - SONiC BOOM
9/5 - Squamish, BC - LIVE at Squamish
9/26 - Fontana, CA - Epicenter
10/7 - Detroit, MI - Clutch Cargo's (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads)
10/8 - Chicago, IL - Riot Fest
10/9 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7)
10/11 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/6)
10/12 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) 10/14 - Toronto, ON - TBA (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads)
10/15 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads)
10/16 - Clifton Park, NY - Northern Lights (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7)
10/18 - Boston, MA - House of Blues (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/7)
10/19 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale 8/6)
10/20 - New York, NY - Roseland (w/Off With Their Heads)
10/22 - Sayreville, NJ - TBA
10/23 - Atlantic City, NJ - TBA
10/24 - Baltimore, MD - TBA
10/26 - Atlanta, GA - TBA
10/27 - Tampa, FL - TBA
10/29 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - TBA
10/30 - Orlando, FL - TBA
10/31 - Myrtle Beach, SC - TBA
11/2 - St. Louis, MO - TBA
11/3 - Kansas City, MO - TBA
11/5 - Houston, TX - TBA
11/8 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/9 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/11 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/12 - Denver, CO - Fillmore (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/13 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/15 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/16 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads) (Tix Onsale TBA)
11/17 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads)
11/19 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Center - Grand Ballroom (w/Bouncing Souls & Off With Their Heads)
