Jerry A. offers the following statement about the record:

It's a group effort; we all had a part in writing the songs. We've been screwing around for too long. We had to hang back and see whose heart was really in this thing we've been doing for thirty years and who was bullshitting. We have a lot of touring to do next year, to make up for the last one being cancelled due to people with the wrong priorities. Everybody in the band now lives to play and make music; that comes first. It always has, it just took a long time to filter out the flakes, and keep the diehards. So these guys know how to make this ship float. As far as I'm concerned, it feels like being reborn, having a second wind, a hardcore revival, and just discovering meaning, all at the same time. To put it mildly, we're happy, I'm happy, and this is just the start. No stopping from here out.

 
POISON IDEA Tour Dates:
3/11-14/2015 The Loving Touch - Ferndale, MI @ Berserker Fest II
4/17/2015 Schaubude - Kiel DE
4/18/2015 1000Fyrd - Aalborg DE
4/19/2015 Hafenklang - Hamburg DE
4/20/2015 Little Devil - Tilburg NL
4/21/2015 Willemeen - Arnhem NL
4/22/2015 TBA - Frankfurt DE
4/23/2015 Chez Heinz - Hannover DE
4/24/2015 Wild At Heart - Berlin DE
4/25/2015 Luka - Lodz PL
4/27/2015 Alte Malzerei - Regensburg DE
4/28/2015 Exit Us - Prague CZ
4/29/2015 Explosiv - Graz AU
4/30/2015 Arena - Vienna AU
5/01/2015 Unterhund - Ormoz SL
5/02/2015 Kaleidos - Poviglio IT
5/03/2015 Traffic Club - Rome IT
5/04/2015 Border - Torino IT
5/05/2015 Between - Bregenz AT
5/06/2015 Ondulatoire - Paris FR
5/07/2015 Borderline - London UK
5/08/2015 The Doghouse - Nottingham UK
5/09/2015 The Black Bull - Gateshead UK
5/10/2015 Audio - Glasgow UK
5/12/2015 Adam And Eve Pub - Birmingham UK
5/13/2015 The Exchange - Bristol UK
5/14/2015 The Owl Sanctuary - Norwich UK
5/15/2015 Het Bos - Antwerp BE
5/16/2015 MTC - Cologne DE
 

US Tour Dates
Thurs 5-14 Lafayette, LA – Blue Moon Saloon
Fri 5-15 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Sat 5-16  Austin TX – Red 7 Outside *
Sun 5-17 Lubbock, Tx- Depot District Obar *
Mon 5-18 Albuquerque, NM – Low Spirits*
Tues 5-19 Phoenix, AZ- The Valley Bar*
Wed 5-20 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar *
Thurs 5-21 Los Angeles, CA – Jewels Catch One *
Fri 5-22  - Weather Warlock
Sat 5-23 San Francisco, CA- The Elbo Room*
Sun 5-24 Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place*
Mon 5-25 San Francisco, CA – Weather Warlock
Tues 5-26 Eureka, CA – The Shanty *
Wed 5-27 Portland OR- Weather Warlock
Thurs 5-28 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios*
Fri 5-29 Seattle, WA- Sunset Tavern *
Sat 5-30 Vancouver, BC - The Fox Cabaret *
Mon 6-01 Calgary, AB - Palomino Social Club*
Tues 6-02 Missoula, MT - Stage 112 *
Wed 6-03 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
Fri 6-05 Denver, CO - Oriental Theater *
Sat 6-06 Lincoln, NE - Vega *
Mon 6-08 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
Tues 6-09 or Wed 6-10 Tulsa- TBD
Thurs 6-11 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone *
Fri 6-12 Nashville, TN- The Stone Fox
Sat 6-13 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
* w/  Nots

Brian Thomas (Seven Sisters of Sleep)
SPB: What do you think of cassettes?
Brian: Tapes are cool--cooler when it says “Megadeth” on it and you shoplifted it from a Kmart in 1994, and totally got away with it.
As they stand today, they sound like shit compared to other formats, they have a limited lifespan, and break way too easily. All that said, tapes have an undeniable charm to those of us old enough to remember why CDs coming out was a big deal.
John (Dead Bars)
SPB: What does your name mean?
Dead Bars: It comes from a long history of drinking by myself at bars with no one in them.
Lionel Ziblat (Modest Midget)
SPB: Which music by classical composers do you think has held up the best into the 21st century? Lionel: Great question! Since it's also a great passion of mine to write for Classical instances (choirs, orchestras and chamber), I try to keep in touch with contemporary Classical music as well. You'll be amazed how much good music was written since Purcell (17th Century) ‘til Ligeti (end of 20th Century).
I think that Classical music plays a much bigger role in our lives than many people realize. There are the few very famous tunes that everybody knows like the theme from Beethoven's 9th, which is one of the most popular tunes out there still(!) although most people don't even realize it. But there are also other influences that more modern composers like Stravinsky & Ravel have had on Hollywood film scoring throughout the 20th Century.
Still, I feel that nowadays well-crafted music, whether it's classical, jazz or anything else, is too often overlooked and neglected. Because we are enslaved to some amazing technology now in a way that our focus on details and on spiritual quality is getting very poor.
 
Alexeï Kawolski
SPB: Is today's EDM scene hurting electronic music as a whole?
Alexeï: English is not my first language, I hope my answer makes sense...
I'm maybe naïve, but I don't think EDM scene is really hurting electronic music as a whole and I don't see it as a threat to experimental electronic music.
EDM is mainly focused on being entertaining and making people dance, it responds to a legitimate need. Other music fulfil other needs. I don't see music genres as exclusive or as competing against each other. I like to think that some part of the audience that got interested in electronic music by EDM will dig further toward other electronic music genres. The same person can listen to Deadmau5, Alva Noto, and Richard Devine depending on the context.
Perhaps someday people will get tired of EDM. Maybe it is an ephemeral trend that will be replaced or maybe it will last. Anyways, the need for experimentation and innovation will always be. EDM only challenges other electronic music genres in a positive way; more than ever, they need to be inventive to stay relevant and to avoid to be shadowed.