Flatliners, The
New Ruin
Being a band for 20 years wont just change you. It changes how you see the world,and your place in it. For long-running Toronto punk mainstays The Flatliners, a new record meant a new opportunity to examine the legacy theyve inherited, and the one theyll eventually pass on. New Ruin is a shot of adrenaline from a band striking out at outdated institutions and ideologies via pointed lyrics and their heaviest songs to date, attacking each with a ferocity that will surprise even longtime fans. From the monstrously discordant hits that open the album through the de facto thesis statement of "Heirloom," its clear that The Flatliners are angry in a way weve never heard before.