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The Flatliners bounce back

Posted by Loren on February 18, 2026

The Flatliners bounce back
photo by Riley Taylor

Canadian punk band The Flatliners will return with a new album called Cold World, out May 8 on Equal Vision Reocrds and Dine Alone Records.

We're guessing the title isn't just about Canadian winters.

The first single is "Good, You?" which comes with a complimentary video:

“We wanted to pay homage to the greatest era of music videos we have ever known — the one we grew up in. Our aim was to make a ‘90s-style video, portraying the album artwork in all its glory; to bring things back to a time where you could suspend disbelief and just let your eyes and ears devour those next three minutes. With the help of our amazing cast and crew, we achieved just that. A piece of nowstalgia that feels like it has a strong foot in the past, and another firmly planted in the present,” the band says in a statement.

The band last released New Ruin in 2022. Cold World will be supported by touring throughout the year.

LIVE DATES

FEBRUARY
20 — Kingston, ON — Broom Factory
21 — Oshawa, ON — Bond Street Event Centre
26 — Tillonsburg, ON — Paddy's Underground
27 — Guelph, ON — Sonic Hall
28 — St. Catharines, ON — Warehouse Concert Hall

MARCH
20 — Winnipeg, MB — Park Theatre

MAY
02 — Philadelphia, PA — Sing Us Home Festival #
05 — Washington, DC — The Pearl *
06 — Virginia Beach, VA — The Bunker *
08 — Brooklyn, NY — Meadows *
09 — Cambridge, MA — The Middle East *
28 — Sacramento, CA — Goldfield ^
29 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw Stop ^
30 — San Jose, CA — The Ritz ^
31 — Los Angeles, CA — Teragram Ballroom ^

JUNE
19 — Hamburg, DE — Bahnhof Paulo
20 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
21 — Dresden, DE — Farewell Youth Fest #
23 — Vienna, AT — Arena
24 — Munich, DE — Strom
25 — Cologne, DE — Gebaude 9
26 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air #
27 — Munster, De — Vainstream #
28 — Tabor, CZ — Mighty Sounds Festival #

JULY 
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #

* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance

The Flatliners bounce back
photo by Riley Taylor

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