Canadian rock trio Royal Tusk announce their third full-length album, Altruistic, due 23rd February via MNRK Music Group, and release an accompanying documentary, Do No Wrong: The Making of Altruistic.
In addition, they have released their new single, ‘Here On Out’, with hummable riffs and a chantable chorus.
To me, the more people who resign to their fate and don’t live their true selves, the more fucked up the world becomes,” says frontman Daniel Carriere.
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Spending nearly a year writing throughout the pandemic, the trio eventually hunkered down in Alberta’s Audio Department recording studio where they self-produced Altruistic. In the midst of the process, Carriere wound up in the throes of a year-long battle to get healthy after suffering from a blood clot in his lung. He lost over 20lbs and could barely speak.
“Sandy [bassist] and Quinn [guitarist] helped me through the entire experience,” Carriere said. “These songs were written prior to this life-changing event, but they still tell a story of struggle, suffering, uncertainty, courage, and watching your back. It’s bizarre how that happened. When I think of them now, they definitely illustrate what we all went through.”
With an unwavering determination, the band faced highs and lows that pushed them to the brink, including an almost career-ending illness that threatened to shatter their dreams. Throughout their trials and tribulations of friendships, brotherhood and tenacity prevail. In the documentary, witness the raw emotion, sweat, and imaginative determination as they pour their hearts and souls into creating what is undeniably one of the most powerful rock albums of the decade.
It’s a story of passion, triumph over adversity, and the creation of a musical tour de force that will redefine your perception of rock ‘n’ roll and the human spirit.
Royal Tusk have already released three singles from this record including, ‘All My Life‘, featuring vulnerable verses giving way to a riff-boosted refrain with words of encouragement, then there’s ‘Head Up‘, Carriere‘s emotionally charged vocal delivery with a head-nodding guitar groove while, ‘Relegate‘ stands out as a different kind of love song. Carriere says, “It’s about slipping away and losing your ground in a relationship like you can’t hold on.
The Alberta trio consists of Daniel Carriere (vocals), Quinn Cyrankiewicz (guitar), and Sandy MacKinnon (bass). They fuse hypnotic hooks to hard-hitting riffs, offset by untethered rhythms and undeniably honest lyrics.
In 2014, the band buzzed out of Edmonton with the Mountain EP. They evolved across releases such as DealBreaker (2017) and Tusk II (2018) which Billboard proclaimed “The LP steps beyond what fans heard on DealBreaker“.
Among many standouts in their catalogue, ‘Curse The Weather’ generated 10.4 million+ Spotify streams, followed by ‘Aftermath’ with 6.8 million Spotify streams.
Royal Tusk have toured with Pop Evil, Monster Truck, Slash and Big Wreck, and performed on the 2020 ShipRocked Cruise with Beartooth, Halestorm, and Alter Bridge to name a few. One moment they’ll serve up an earthquake barrage of distortion, only to incite a bold stadium-size singalong in the next breath.
Track listing:
01. Fire In Your Veins
02. Hated
03. Head Up
04. Relegate
05. All My Life
06. The Death Of Common Sense
07. Here On Out
08. Altruistic
09. Breathe
10. Something Like The Truth
Royal Tusk online:
www.facebook.com/royaltusk
www.twitter.com/royaltusk
www.instagram.com/royaltuskmusic
www.youtube.com/c/RoyalTusk
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