Born Ruffians Announce New Album, ‘Birthmarks’

Canadian indie-rockers Born Ruffians have confirmed plans to release a new album this spring.

The Ontario band will follow-up their second album, 2010’s ‘Say It’, with the new record, titled ‘Birthmarks’ in April via a new home - outside of Canada, at least, where it will be released by Paperbag Records - Yep Roc. ‘Birthmarks’ is set for a 22nd April release date.

The album was recorded over a year at Boom Box Studios in Toronto.

To coincide with the announcement, the quartet have shared one of the album’s tracks, ‘Needle’, which is available now as a single digitally - and streaming below.



Born Ruffians have a mammoth list of live dates planned across North America from mid-March.

The dates are:

MARCH
19 Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar
20 Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
21 Nelson, BC – Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel
22 Calgary, AB – Palomino Smokehouse
23 Edmonton, AB – Avenue Theatre
24 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s
26 Regina, SK – The Exchange
27 Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre
28 Thunder Bay, ON – The Apollo
29 Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Loplop Lounge & Gallery
30 Sudbury, ON – The Townhouse

APRIL
5 St. John’s, NL – Breezeway Bar
11 Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
12 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen
14 Providence, RI Firehouse 13
15 Allston, MA Great Scott
16 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
18 Hoboken, NJ Maxwells
20 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
21 Washington DC Rock & Roll Hotel
23 Durham, NC Motorco Music Hall
24 Atlanta, GA The Earl
25 Birmingham, AL Bottletree
26 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon
27 Shreveport, LA Fatty Arbuckle’s
29 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
30 Austin, TX Red 7

MAY
2 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
3 Phoenix, AZ Sail Inn
4 San Diego, CA Casbah
6 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
8 San Francisco, CA Slims
10 Portland, OR Star Theatre
11 Seattle, WA Barboza
12 Boise, ID The Crux
13 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
14 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
16 Omaha, NE Waiting Room
17 Iowa City, IA The Mill
18 Madison, WI Great Hall Memorial Union U. Of WI
19 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
21 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
22 Detroit, MI Magic Stick