Alexisonfire dig deep on heartfelt new single ‘Sans Soleil’

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Alexisonfire have released the second single from their upcoming comeback album – listen to ‘Sans Soleil’ below.The Canadian post-hardcore band’s latest track follows ‘Sweet Dreams Of Otherness’, the lead single from ‘Otherness’, their first full-length project since ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’ in 2009.Tapping into some deeply heartfelt lyrics, penned by Alexisonfire guitarist/Gallows frontman Wade MacNeil, ‘Sans Soleil’ explores topics including love, hope, self-deprecation and the support of others during dark times.“It’s easier to love someone else/ Than it is to be kind to yourself/ What’s harder is to let someone in/ You loved me when I couldn’t love myself/ I couldn’t love myself,” Dallas Green sings on the song’s second verse.Frontman George Pettit said of the track: “Wade came in with the lyrics for this song around the same time he had been working on the Dooms Children record and I feel like it shows.

The Dooms Children album touched on a lot of things extremely personal to Wade and this song is definitely in that vein.”MacNeil added: “This song is about hanging onto hope during the heaviest times.

Healing and letting go. Dreaming of a future where all this hurt is behind you.”Check out ‘Sans Soleil’ below:Alexisonfire self-produced ‘Otherness’ in roughly a week, having written the material at the Dine Alone Records clubhouse.

They aimed to keep the creative process a “family affair” this time around, opting to work with collaborators who’ve been with them for years.“The biggest difference is the space we are all in.