ALKALINE TRIO SIGN TO EPIC RECORDS

From the press release:

After ten years, over a million records sold, and an infinite string of acclaimed tours, Chicago's genre breaking Alkaline Trio have joined the Epic Records family and plan to release an album of new material. 

Emerging from Chicago's working class suburbs in 1996, Alkaline Trio is Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Derek Grant (drums), and Dan Andriano (bass/vocals).

This signing marks the first major label for Alkaline Trio, something the band sees as a natural progression. So says lead singer and guitarist, Matt Skiba, "We are thrilled to be a part of the Epic family and to join a great musical lineage that has hugely influenced our lives over the years. Andy Gershon is someone we've grown to trust and admire, and who is truly an Alkaline Trio fan. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with Epic."