“You’ll hear some stuff you don’t expect”: Rise Against give an update on their next album

Following recent single Nod – their first new music in three years – Rise Against frontman Tim McIlrath has revealed more about what to expect from the punk veterans this year.

Speaking on this week's episode of the Kerrang! In Conversation podcast, Tim said, "New music is coming, Nod is just one of many songs we put together in the last year.

“We worked with a producer in London, her name is Catherine Marks, she’s amazing. I had it mixed by Alan Moulder. And I think people are going to hear a 2025 version of Rise Against – there’s gonna be some traditional stuff like everyone’s heard Nod, but I think you’ll hear some stuff like, ‘This wasn’t something I expected.’ I’m excited.”

Producer Catherine Marks is known for helming Boygenius' debut album in 2023, as well as records by Frank Turner, The Amazons and Manchester Orchestra. Alan Moulder meanwhile is responsible for mixing recent records by Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age and Beach House.

On new song Nod, Tim also gave hints at the left turns Rise Against might be making on their next full-length.

“Nod was something we put together post-Nowhere Generation, just as we started putting music together. I feel like it was a very traditional Rise Against kind of vibe. And it was something that felt like it could have fit in anywhere in our catalogue. We just played it live for the first time when we were in Dublin and Belfast, and it really did just kind of seamlessly fit into our set. I think you get what Rise is good at. Like, we're good at that thing and doing that sound.

“And then we kept writing songs. And there's some stuff that I think that will be far more curveball. You know, it will be more, less traditional than what we've done in the past. But Nod is sort of like, 'Hey, we're still here. We still do this. This is the music that we're still into.'”

Listen to the full episode of Kerrang! In Conversation now.

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