Today, alt-rockers Selfish Things are thrilled to announce the release of their new studio album, “Receptivity”, set for release on October 9th, 2026, via FLG.
After releasing their single “Sunlight” in March, the band now unleashes their new track “Effigy”, along with an official video, available below.
Frontman Alex Biro comments:
“Admittedly – this was a song I hated that quickly became everyone’s favourite. I wrote the lyrics in an hour at the lowest point of my sobriety in 2022. I can’t say anything about it beyond it was stream of consciousness, clearly blistering, and is something I can’t listen to often without feeling sh*t I’ve tried to bury. I hope it brings you peace”.
Watch the official video for “Effigy” below.
Selfish Things’ “Receptivity” is a raw and unflinching portrait of frontman Alex Biro’s reckoning with collapse and recovery. Born from the ashes of a life derailed – years of relentless touring, addiction, and the stillness of a pandemic that forced reflection – “Receptivity” is both a lifeline and a rebirth. Created alongside longtime collaborators Michael Ticar and Mike Tompa, and mixed by Sam Guaiana (Bayside, Neck Deep, Against The Current), the album took shape during Biro’s earliest days of sobriety. It’s not just a return – it’s a declaration. Brutally honest, emotionally charged, and rooted in redemption, “Receptivity” stands as a testament to survival, accountability, and the strength to rebuild when everything falls apart.
Originally a moniker for Biro, Selfish Things released their debut EP “Vertical Love” (A Wolf at Your Door Records) produced by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, Underoath, Dashboard Confessional). The release earned the attention of BBC Radio 1’s Dan P. Carter and earned the band a 2017 cover spot on Spotify’s New Noise playlist.
Their 2019 debut LP “Logos” (Pure Noise Records) produced by Drew Fulk (Knocked Loose, Beartooth, Lil Peep) landed the band on multiple Billboard charts before the COVID-19 pandemic cut the album cycle short, forcing the band into hiatus.
In the years since, Biro and bandmate Michael Ticar have collaborated with Juno Award–winning producer Mike Tompa, writing music born from the tail end of addiction and carried into sobriety.
Now four years sober and working in peer support within the touring community, Biro says the band’s return feels less like a comeback and more like a reckoning – a chance to speak plainly about addiction, mental health, and the danger of freezing people at their worst moments.
“Receptivity” is a triumph of the human experience. It is a story of a man who understands the depths of his own shadow, unafraid to face the thunder of his past. In a society obsessed with division and virtue signalling, the three friends have created something inextricably tied to challenging the status quo. An album meant to tell the story of a man willing to stand in front of the world and acknowledge his brokenness and its impact without blame. A man tired of division and anger. A man who is changed for the better.
Biro states:
“This wasn’t supposed to be an album. It’s still not really an album to me, or to any of us. More just… closure, I guess. I was at the beginning of my full-blown addiction on the last tour we ever did before COVID stopped the world in 2020. I hated myself and I hated the world more than I really knew at the time. I’m four years sober on the 18th of May, working as a sober coach and clinician with folks who struggle with the same things I do, even in my recovery. The profits will be donated to the hospital where I went to rehab, and (admittedly), we don’t really know where to go (or if we’ll go anywhere with it) afterward”.
“The only thing that’s brought me peace in the aftermath of the cataclysm of my addiction is being of service to others. I think deep down, releasing this for whoever needs to hear it is an extension of that. Everything beautiful blooms from the mud. Everything beautiful grows from the dirt”, he added. “This is for those who can accept that the things they’ve been through can either be the poison cup they sip from or the counterweight that lifts themselves and others up. That being imperfect is being human. And that suffering is singular, and universal”.
Pre-order & pre-save “Receptivity” here.
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Plant the Seed
3. Sunlight
4. Violence
5. Effigy
6. Cracks
7. Liability
8. Mugshot
9. Eye for an Eye
10. Outro
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