Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs

Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs is the tenth studio album by American punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released on January 26, 2024, on Rise Records.

Released to critical acclaim, the album was preceded by the singles, "Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs", "Bad Time", and "Versions of You".

While touring with Taking Back Sunday, drummer Derek Grant revealed that they had been playing new songs at soundchecks, and were preparing to record in the near future.

However, touring continued to take a toll on Grant following the COVID-19 pandemic, and by 2023, he decided to leave the band in focus of his mental health, graphic design, and music production.

It's been the longest break Alkaline Trio has taken from putting out a new album, so I felt like we owed our fans the best record we could make.

"[5] The album's title comes from a term used by Skiba's mother, who was once an emergency room nurse; "She and her co-workers referred to exceptionally busy nights as 'blood, hair, and eyeballs.

[7] Skiba stated that the trio had started to think about bands such as Nirvana, The Police and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and were excited to record in a studio "engineered for loud, live rock music."