Selfish Things Releases New Album RECEPTIVITY

Alt rock band Selfish Things has released its new studio album, Receptivity, out now via FLG. The focus track 'Cracks,' along with an official visualizer, is also available now.

Frontman Alex Biro said: ''Cracks' is the focus track for a deeply meaningful reason. Writing it represented a turning point in my own consciousness, my self-perception, and my ability to see that those who can't forgive you after you exit the hell you put yourself in others in will stop you from moving forward. That is said with no blame - the people who suffer beside you during your addiction suffer in ways that are both broad and harmful. Largely - the song is about the necessity of burning off the 'deadwood'. That some branches need to fall to keep your trunk intact.'

Biro stated: '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.'

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.

Selfish Things is: Alex Biro, Michael Ticar

Receptivity 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

Photo Credit: Eden Graham