Alkaline Trio man Dan Andriano has announced details of an album with new solo project The Bygones.

The group – completed by Randy and Dylan Moore, and Nick Kenrick – will release their new album Dear Darkness in February. 11 via Epitaph, with the title track now available.

As with many new albums at the moment, Dear Darkness began life at the start of the pandemic, with Dan also doing his musical research while writing.

“I’ve spent all this time trying to improve myself in music, ”he says. “I learned a lot about music. I was sitting in my garage everyday and playing guitar and, you know, tinkering with bass. This is something that I try to do anyway, but I did it with a little more active interest in education, like the time when I felt like I lost learning. or trying to improve myself in music while I was on tour doing the same. “

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He adds that everything naturally fell into place: “It seemed a bit magical, just being that it all fell into place in such a crazy time when nothing was falling into place. This is something I haven’t felt for a long time.

Listen to Dear Darkness below:

The album cover looks like this: