Listen to Alkaline Trio’s heartfelt new single ‘Bad Time’

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Alkaline Trio have released ‘Bad Time’, the second single from their upcoming tenth full-length album ‘Blood, Hair and Eyeballs’.Released last week (November 30), the spirited track finds frontman Matt Skiba earnestly professing his affection for an old flame under life-threatening circumstances: “Left a message saying “hi” / I answered from a firefight / Told you it’s a bad time / But I can talk”According to a press release, the events described in the song were based on Skiba’s real life experiences. “‘Bad Time’ was initially inspired by a friend and crush who happened to call me while I was on tour in El Paso, Texas as an active shooter situation was happening just across from where we were staying,” he wrote.“We could hear gunshots and sirens as the situation escalated.

My friend asked if it was a bad time to talk, and I said no — I really wanted to speak with her. It was actually a terrible and terrifying time, but it was never a bad time to hear her voice.”Supporting the single’s release is a dreamy video directed by Ravi Dahr, who also directed the zombie-themed visual for the title track of ‘Blood, Hair and Eyeballs’.

Skiba spoke positively of the band’s collaboration with the director on ‘Bad Time’, stating: “We spent the short time we had to put this together, brainstorming and sending links, photos, and film references.

It’s not every day I meet someone who loves Dario Argento or Stanley Kubrick or Kenneth Anger and so on as much as I do.”Watch the clip below:‘Blood, Hair and Eyeballs’ is Alkaline Trio’s first full-length album in six years, following their 2018 release ‘Is This Thing Cursed?’.