Born Ruffians recently teased their upcoming LP with a track called "With Her Shadow," and frontman Luke Lalonde told Exclaim! that the album was finished. Sure enough, Born Ruffians have now officially announced Birthmarks, which will arrive on April 16 through Paper Bag Records.
The album was recorded with producer Roger Leavens (Woodhands, the Rural Alberta Advantage) at Boombox Sound in Toronto. The songs were demoed over the course of three years, with some of them coming together in a farmhouse in rural Ontario. Others were written by Lalonde on his laptop in a variety of locales.
See footage of Born Ruffians in the studio in the video embedded at the bottom of this page. "With Her Shadow" is also streaming below. Additionally, the band filmed various video blogs during their time at the farmhouse, and these can be seen at their YouTube channel.
In a statement, bassist Mitch DeRosier said, "We don't want to tell you about what we think we sound like. We can tell you that this record will sound different. These songs lived with us, toured with us, got drunk with us and made our ears ring. Now, we get to hit the road and start making your ears ring."
In the lead-up to Birthmarks, Born Ruffians will hit the road in Canada. Scroll past the tracklist to check out the schedule, which finds the band traveling from coast to coast in the coming months.
Birthmarks:
1. Needle
2. 6-5000
3. Ocean's Deep
4. Permanent Hesitation
5. Cold Pop
6. Golden Promises
7. Rage Flows
8. So Slow
9. With Her Shadow
10. Too Soaked to Break
11. Dancing on the Edge of Our Graves
12. Never Age
Tour dates:
2/2 Guelph, ON - Hillside Inside
3/19 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
3/20 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
3/21 Nelson, BC - Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel
3/22 Calgary, AB - Palomino Smokehouse
3/23 Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theatre
3/24 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's
3/26 Regina, SK - The Exchange
3/27 Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
3/28 Thunder Bay, ON - The Apollo
3/29 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Loplop Lounge and Gallery
3/30 Sudbury - The Townhouse
3/5 St John's, NL - Breezeway Bar
3/11 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
The album was recorded with producer Roger Leavens (Woodhands, the Rural Alberta Advantage) at Boombox Sound in Toronto. The songs were demoed over the course of three years, with some of them coming together in a farmhouse in rural Ontario. Others were written by Lalonde on his laptop in a variety of locales.
See footage of Born Ruffians in the studio in the video embedded at the bottom of this page. "With Her Shadow" is also streaming below. Additionally, the band filmed various video blogs during their time at the farmhouse, and these can be seen at their YouTube channel.
In a statement, bassist Mitch DeRosier said, "We don't want to tell you about what we think we sound like. We can tell you that this record will sound different. These songs lived with us, toured with us, got drunk with us and made our ears ring. Now, we get to hit the road and start making your ears ring."
In the lead-up to Birthmarks, Born Ruffians will hit the road in Canada. Scroll past the tracklist to check out the schedule, which finds the band traveling from coast to coast in the coming months.
Birthmarks:
1. Needle
2. 6-5000
3. Ocean's Deep
4. Permanent Hesitation
5. Cold Pop
6. Golden Promises
7. Rage Flows
8. So Slow
9. With Her Shadow
10. Too Soaked to Break
11. Dancing on the Edge of Our Graves
12. Never Age
Tour dates:
2/2 Guelph, ON - Hillside Inside
3/19 Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar
3/20 Vancouver, BC - Fortune Sound Club
3/21 Nelson, BC - Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel
3/22 Calgary, AB - Palomino Smokehouse
3/23 Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theatre
3/24 Saskatoon, SK - Amigo's
3/26 Regina, SK - The Exchange
3/27 Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre
3/28 Thunder Bay, ON - The Apollo
3/29 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Loplop Lounge and Gallery
3/30 Sudbury - The Townhouse
3/5 St John's, NL - Breezeway Bar
3/11 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
