Phantoms

Phantoms is the fifth studio album released by Canadian rock band Marianas Trench. It was released on March 1, 2019 through 604 Records in Canada and Interscope Records internationally. The album saw another new style for the band, going for a more haunted and ghostly like sound as opposed to the more fantastical sound on their previous work, Astoria, which is where the title of Phantoms comes from. Background and recording In 2015, Marianas Trench released their fourth studio album Astoria, with the lead single, "One Love", reaching number 50 on the Canadian Hot 100. Two other singles from the album followed: This Means War and Who Do You Love. Marianas Trench performed at the New Year's celebration in Niagara Falls, Ontario in 2017. In the fall of 2017, the group released a new single titled "Rhythm of Your Heart". The song however, did not make the final cut on the album. On March 15, 2018, the music video for "Rhythm of Your Heart" premiered on YouTube. On September 14, 2018, the group announced that they had begun working on their fifth studio album. The album was recorded at The Umbrella Factory and The Warehouse in Vancouver, British Columbia. The group finished production on the album in January 2019. Josh Ramsay spoke about the change in sound on the album stating; Singles On November 5, 2018, the band announced the lead single off their upcoming fifth album, "I Knew You When", which was later released on November 16. On December 3, 2018, the band announced the US Suspending Gravity Tour to promote their upcoming album Phantoms. The music video for "I Knew You When" was released on YouTube on December 19, 2018. On February 1, 2019, "Only the Lonely Survive" was released as the album's second single. On February 7, 2019, "Echoes of You" featuring Roger Joseph Manning Jr. was released digitally as a promotional single from the album. "Glimmer" was released for radio airplay on May 31, 2019 as the third single from the album. A music video for the song was released on June 5, 2019. "Don't Miss Me?" was released as the fourth and final single from the album on October 3, 2019.