2LP Gatefold, 45 RPM

Co-produced by Jerry Finn (Rancid, Green Day, Jawbreaker) and Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins), Sing the Sorrow retains the Bay Area outfits signature aggression and pathos forging ever forward into uncharted territory like the virtuoso guitar intro of The Leaving Song Pt. 2 or the industrial-leaning break and Dead Can Dance-worthy outro of Death Of Seasons.

Meanwhile, from its sublime intro through beautifully subdued verses and infectious choruses, first single Girls Not Grey is a standout that both recalls AFI coming into its own on 2000s The Art Of Drowning and hints at a myriad of future directions. For the purists, Dancing Through Sunday and Bleed Black come strapped with generous chant-along opportunities and heavy-as-hell, bolt-tight riffs and rhythms. And as with virtually every track on Sing The Sorrow, these are all imbued with alternately brooding and celebratory lyrical imagery of rebirth, resurrection, apocalypse, all somehow deeply personal in other words, classic AFI.

When youre playing a style of music that doesnt really fit anywhere, you run a risk. Youre challenging people to leave their niche, to leave their predetermined ideas of what theyre supposed to like. Luckily, we have a lot of people who just focus on the music and appreciate us for what we are. So we get fans from all different genres of music, the jocks, the spooky kids, skaters, college kids, punk rockers, hardcore kids, metal kids, all that.

Davey Havok

Tracklist

1. Miseria Cantare – The Beginning
2. The Leaving Song Pt. II
3. Bleed Black
4. Silver and Cold
5. Dancing Through Sunday
6. Girl’s Not Grey
7. Death of Seasons
8. The Great Disappointment
9. Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)
10. This Celluloid Dream
11. The Leaving Song
12….but home is nowhere
13. This Time Imperfect