On July 22, 2016, the band released a physical 7″ single of “Mene” with the b-side “Out of Range,” a previously unreleased song that had been leaked in 2010.
The group released their sixth album, Youth Authority , on July 15, 2016, with guest appearances from Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens and Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro .
On July 13, 2016, the band released an EP called 3 Demos, Reworked . The EP contains re-recorded versions of 3 songs that appear on Leaked Demos 2006 .
While the production of the ninth album was postponed by Matt Skiba’s work with Blink-182 , in an interview on July 3, 2016, Skiba assured that the album would move forward, saying, “I’ll be writing for a new Alkaline Trio record while on this summer tour so once things with…
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On June 7, the debut single from Hypercaffium Spazzinate , “Victim of Me”, was released on all streaming services. In July 2016, Milo announced he would be leaving his scientific career to pursue the Descendents full-time, citing burnout with biochemistry and getting laid off from DuPont.
Upon its July 2016 release though BMG, California became the band’s second number-one album on the Billboard 200, and first in 15 years; it also topped the charts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
In July 2016, MVD Audio reissued Hooray for Boobies on blue vinyl
On June 28 in Salt Lake City, Lacey said between songs, “We’re done. Oh yeah, we’re done, and it makes nights like this all the more special so thanks for being here.”
On 21 June 2016 the single Verwesung was released. On 25 June 2016 during the Amnesia Rockfest in Québec , the band released the new single Adagio . On 12 August 2016 WIZO released the new album Der .
During their summer 2016 tour, the band released new shirt designs which read “2000–2018”. One of them was projected onto the stage after the band’s set at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on June 2, increasing speculation that Brand New planned to break up in 2018.