New Single
"Old Flames"

Back Alley Gospel are no strangers to failure; the punk rock foursome has been through their fair share of it in a music landscape that is larger and more complicated than ever. It was failure that brought the Toronto-Hamilton band together, with strings of failed former projects allowing them to hone their new strain of anthemic, hook-driven punk rock.

The question now is, what comes after failure? The answer is something that the band explores on their upcoming sophomore EP, with four songs that examine how failure is sometimes inescapable, but necessary for us to grow, change, and become better people.

No matter how badly things ended, we all remember our old flame. The person we’d do anything for, who was there for you thick and thin, the spark that lit a fire inside of you. But, we all grow up, grow older, and our priorities change.

“Old Flames” by Back Alley Gospel tells the nostalgic story of reminiscing about that first special someone, from the records that you listened to in your formative years to the trouble you’d get into together. You both knew it would end one day, and while that inevitability doesn’t make the memory less bittersweet, you’ll always have a place for it in your heart.