Sum 41 are planning to disband after releasing their upcoming album Heaven and Hell, and the first song from this record is finally here. The Canadian punk band dropped a music video for their new single “Landmines”, which sees them going back to their pop-punk roots.
Sum 41 announced the release of their final studio album together back in March, and said they’re planning to disband following the worldwide tour in support of this record. Heaven and Hell will be a double album, and its Heaven side will see Sum 41 going back to their pop-punk roots while staying true to their heavier new sound on the Hell side of the album.
While discussing their upcoming album with The Rolling Stone, frontman Deryck Whibley explained that they started experimenting with genres because they wanted to retreat to things that made them feel good in the past.
“There’s some weird nostalgia that kicked in because of the pandemic. It all made sense to me why pop-punk is coming back: it’s feel-good music. There’s something that’s happy about it. Something young and innocent and free,” he explained.
“Landmines” will most likely be featured on the album’s Heaven side, and Whibley said that this song felt special right away, even though he wasn’t initially planning to write an old-school pop-punk song.
