Otherness (Alexisonfire album)

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Otherness
AOF Otherness cover.jpg
Studio album by
Alexisonfire
ReleasedJune 24, 2022 [1]
StudioJukasa Recording Studios, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada [2]
Genre
Length50:05
Label Dine Alone
Producer
  • Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire chronology
Death Letter
(2012)		Otherness
(2022)
Singles from Otherness
  1. "Sweet Dreams of Otherness"
    Released: March 10, 2022
  2. "Reverse the Curse"
    Released: April 20, 2022
  3. "Sans Soleil"
    Released: May 18, 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 92/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Distorted Sound9/10 [4]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Line of Best Fit 7/10 [6]
Louder Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]

Otherness is the fifth studio album by Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. The album was released on June 24, 2022, thirteen years after the release of their last full-length album, Old Crows / Young Cardinals . It is also their first album since reuniting in 2015. The album takes its name from the first single from the album released, "Sweet Dreams of Otherness", which premiered on YouTube on March 10, 2022. It peaked at No. 4 on the Canadian albums chart.

Contents

The album won the Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023. [9]

Background

Alexisonfire reunited in 2015 but did not release any new material until February 15, 2019, when they released "Familiar Drugs", their first song in over eight years. [10] On May 24, 2019, the band released another standalone single called "Complicit", [11] followed by "Season of the Flood", on January 13, 2020. [12]

There appeared to be little intention from the band to release another full-length album until January 18, 2022, when it was reported that the band's Genius page had been updated, showing metadata about an unreleased Alexisonfire album, complete with artwork and tracklist. [13]

Track listing

All music is composed by Alexisonfire [1]

Otherness track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Committed to the Con"4:01
2."Sweet Dreams of Otherness"4:44
3."Sans Soleil"5:04
4."Conditional Love"2:53
5."Blue Spade"5:31
6."Dark Night of the Soul"6:02
7."Mistaken Information"4:48
8."Survivor's Guilt"4:52
9."Reverse the Curse"3:54
10."World Stops Turning"8:16
Total length:50:05

Personnel

Alexisonfire

Charts

Chart performance for Otherness
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 42
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 40
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 67
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 3
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [20] 3

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