CANADIAN PUNK VETERANS THE FLATLINERS RELEASE 8-BIT VERSION OF “GOOD, YOU?” FROM ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM, COLD WORLD
“GOOD, YOU?” (8-BIT VERSION), CREATED BY DESMO., NOW STREAMING ONLINE
PUNKTENDO AND THE FLATLINERS LAUNCH BRAND NEW COLD WORLD 8-BIT VIDEO GAME QUEST MODELED AFTER THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN HEADLINE/FESTIVAL APPEARANCES, ALONG WITH DATES SUPPORTING THE BOUNCING SOULS AND PROPAGANDHI IN SELECT MARKETS, ANNOUNCED ACROSS 2026
COLD WORLD AVAILABLE NOW VIA EQUAL VISION RECORDS/DINE ALONE RECORDS
“Succinct, power-filled, and buoyed by unforgettable hooks, ‘Cold World’ demonstrates that there’s no other band quite like The Flatliners, and that their creative powers seem only to increase with each successive album.” — NPR
“Editors Pick” [“Good, You?”] — Guitar World
“‘Cold World’ finds the band pushing forward with sharpened edges and a renewed sense of clarity.” — Exclaim!
“As rousing, rallying and raucous as it gets … It’s punk-rock as it should be. Heartfelt and honest.” [“Good, You?”] Rock Sound
STREAM: “GOOD, YOU?” (8-BIT VERSION)
WATCH: “GOOD, YOU?” FROM COLD WORLD
STREAM & PURCHASE: COLD WORLD
Punktendo’s Cold World video game
June 17 – Today, Equal Vision Records, Dine Alone Records and Canadian punk veterans The Flatliners release the official 8-Bit Version of the band’s single “Good, You?”, the lead single from the band’s acclaimed new album, Cold World. Featured in the band’s new 8-Bit Punktendo video game quest modeled after The Legend of Zelda titled Cold World: The Quest For Inner Peace, “Good, You?” receives the full Chiptune treatment from artist/producer/mixer Desmo. The band had the following to share about the song and new collaboration:
“Over our 24 years together, we’ve been fortunate enough to feel the effects of the magic trick that songwriting always seems to be. Especially when we’re still chasing what hooked us when we were all teenagers just starting this band. But nothing can prepare you for the feeling you get when you first hear a song you wrote sound more like the soundtrack to your childhood than anything else. Our new friend Desmo. accomplished that very emotion when putting together the 8-bit version of ‘Good, You?’ We were immediately transported back to those early memories of partying in the basement, pulling all-nighters at sleep overs, and unknowingly starting the lifelong process of rotting our brains into absolute oblivion. Video game music was the soundtrack to our lives before we discovered playing music together, and that feeling is well represented in this new-yet-nostalgic version.”
Stream “Good, You?” (8-Bit Version) on YouTube HERE. Play Punktendo’s Cold World: The Quest For Inner Peace HERE. Stream and purchase Cold World on all platforms HERE. 
Maybe the greatest resistance that any artist can offer today is the radical act of stability — the same four people, friends since they were kids, playing music together because they have been compelled to for nearly their entire lives, 24 years and counting.
Cold World, the brand new studio album from Canadian punk veterans The Flatliners, is the sound of a band free to make what they want with the people they want to make it with, to try to carve out some space to demonstrate a different way of doing things — a space where bands share credit equally, where friends grow and work together over decades, a space where stability is the reward for sticking to your vision.
That vision has evolved into a consistent confidence that gives The Flatliners the freedom to experiment with the edges of their sound while grounded by each other, locking out the decay of the world outside. The band fought through the fire of their last record only to find a landscape of debasement and erasure, and an increasingly cold world for all of us to live in.
The textures of Cold World itself are anything but comfortable and familiar. The band’s airtight foundation of bassist Jon Darbey and drummer Paul Ramirez continues to drive with a learned, casual urgency on rippers like “Inner Peace” and “Burn,” while Chris Cresswell and Scott Brigham deploy the controlled chaos of their shredding two-guitar attack, enveloping the listener on songs like “Pulpit” and “Whyte Light.” As the album ends, we may be drifting out into darkness. But if we’re lucky, we can choose who we drift with.
The Flatliners will be making the following appearances in 2026. Dates below with more to be announced soon.
JUNE
19 — Hamburg, DE — Bahnhof Paulo
20 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44
21 — Dresden, DE — Farewell Youth Fest #
23 — Vienna, AT — Arena
24 — Munich, DE — Strom
25 — Cologne, DE — Gebaude 9
26 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air #
27 — Munster, DE — Vainstream #
28 — Tabor, CZ — Mighty Sounds Festival #
30 — Stockholm, SE — Kollektivet Livet
JULY
02 — Trois Rivières, QC — FestiVoix #
11 — Hamilton, ON — Because Beer Craft Beer Festival at Pier 4 Park #
AUGUST
18 — Nottingham, UK — Rescue Rooms ~
19 — Glasgow, UK — Slay Glasgow ~
21 — Manchester, UK — The Bread Shed ~
22 — London, UK — The Garage ~
23 — Bristol, UK — The Fleece ~
28 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis’ Pub @
29 — South Edmonton Common, AB — Pawn Shop Live @
30 — Calgary, AB — The Arrowhead @
SEPTEMBER
01 — Fernie, BC — The Northern Bar & Stage @
04 — Vancouver, BC — Harbour Convention Centre @
05 — Kelowna, BC — Kelowna Event Centre @
06 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre @
22 — Victoria, BC — Wheelies
OCTOBER
23-25 — Gainesville, FL — The FEST 24 #
DECEMBER
02 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues +
03 — Columbus, OH — Skullys Music Diner +
05 — Toronto, ON — History (The Holiday Melee w/ The Bouncing Souls, The Suicide Machines, The Jack Knives)
06 — Ottawa, ON — Bronson Centre +
09 — South Burlington, VT — Higher Ground +
10 — Worcester, PA — Palladium +
11 — Washington, DC — Black Cat +
* — w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Signals Midwest
^ — w/ Samiam
# — Festival appearance
~ — w/ A Wilhelm Scream
@ — supporting Propagandhi
+ — w/ The Suicide Machines, The Bouncing Souls
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