Canadian DIY-punk collective Crack Cloud have announced their upcoming double-album Peace and Purpose, out March 13 via home label Meat Machine.

The band has shared a first track and video from it, called "SAFE ROOM", which you can check out below:

Vocalist and drummer Zack Choy has shared some details on the recording process of the project, which sees Crack Cloud returning to Meat Machine after dropping their previous LP Red Mile on Jagjaguwar in 2024:

"'Peace and Purpose' was written and recorded in my basement between November 2024, and November 2025. One microphone was used (an SM57), with a variety of junk instruments and speakers. The music was borne from a winter of prolonged grief. My approach to the engineering was a return to hardline principles of DIY; utilizing only what was within possession, and favouring intuition over convention. Like an ayahuasca trip, the sessions were visceral and inspired. Afterward, a sense of relief, and gratitude. The intensity that marked the beginning of this process, and the resolve that came from its conclusion- to me represents the spirit of the record, and the story I wanted to tell."

Peace and Puropse is out March 13. Preorder here. Full tracklist:

1. Peace & Purpose 
2. Safe Room 
3. Not The Same Thing 
4. Life On A Farm 
5. Pick Apart 
6. Marathon Of Hope 
7. Stop Cutting Me Down 
8. Shut The Fuck Up
9. Reunion 
10. Phantom Limb 
11. Thoughts On My Faith
12. Eris On The Run 
13. Red House
14. Truth in Trauma 

You can catch Crack Cloud on one of these tour dates below:

04/09/26 Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
04/10/26 Oslo, NO @ Blá
04/11/26 Stockholm, SE @ Hus 7
04/12/26 Copenhagen, DK @ Alice
04/14/26 Berlin, DE @ Silent Green
04/15/26 Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij
04/16/26 Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
04/17/26 Groningen, NL @ Vera
04/19/26 Dresden, DE @ Polimagie Festival
04/21/26 Prague, CZ @ Crossclub
04/23/26 Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
04/24/26 Brussels, BE @ Rotondes
04/25/26 Luxembourg, LU @ Out of the Crowd
04/27/26 Paris, FR @ La Marbrerie
05/01/26 London, UK @ ICA (SOLD OUT)
05/02/26 London, UK @ ICA
05/04/26 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
05/05/26 Manchester, UK @ White Hotel
05/07/26 Dublin, IE @ Grand Social

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