TRAITRS roll back into view like they’ve been thawed out of some Toronto ice vault, slinging their new dirge-turned-daybreak I Was Ill, You Were Wrong with the kind of conviction that makes you wonder what the hell everyone else has been doing during their four-year absence. Their previous offering, Burn In Heaven, cracked the seal; this one spills the guts.
The track moves like a ghost trapped in a steel corridor: echoing synths doling out quick chills, guitars rising in jagged sweeps, and vocals pacing through the gloom with steady, unblinking calm. TRAITRS are dropping confessions like bricks, letting each line clatter across the floor until the whole place vibrates. Their “most vulnerable terrain to date” is less soft-focus diary page than someone scrawling a cosmic warning on a frostbitten window.
This song goes straight for the bone, wearing its heart on its sleeve. The fear of endings, the dread of isolation, that human wish to pretend the hourglass is ornamental – I Was Ill, You Were Wrong cuts through these illusions without a hint of sermonizing. Instead, they deliver a steady, hypnotic insistence; a reminder that the walls we build are paper, and the wind is coming. We do not have infinite tomorrows.
“I felt that song connected me to everything and everyone, it is the one thing we all share and have in common,” Shawn Tucker says, and you can hear that reach: wide, unashamed, desperate in the way honesty always is. “It is also a wake up call to live the life you want to live. We only have one chance at this so go dance in the rain.”
Listen to I Was Ill, You Were Wrong below and order the single here.
Possessor, arriving March 13th, 2026, threatens to dive even deeper. Tucker calls it “the most personal record I have ever written,” conjured during a Toronto winter that sounded more like a siege. Storm-lashed days, emotional avalanches, lyrics carved out like warnings left in a frozen field. The band locked in, zeroed their focus, and shaped each piece until it matched the bleak radiance of the world outside their windows.
I Was Ill, You Were Wrong is the crack in the ice. TRAITRS step through it with steady hands and sharpened intent.
Formed in Toronto, TRAITRS have built an international following through relentless touring and a discography that blends classic coldwave influences with a modern cinematic edge. Their work has been described by critics as evocative and deeply human, driven by themes of grief, isolation, ecstatic release, and the darker corners of the subconscious.
To support Possessor, TRAITRS will embark on an extensive European and North American tour throughout spring 2026. The run includes headline shows, as well as select dates supporting She Past Away, Lebanon Hanover, and Ultra Sunn.
Tour Dates:
- March 31th, 2026 – Canada Toronto Lee’s Palace
- March 14th, 2026 – Canada Montreal Bar Le Ritz
- April 14th, 2026 – USA West Palm Beach Respectable Street (SPA Support)
- April 15th, 2026 – USA Tampa Orpheum (SPA Support)
- April 16th, 2026 – USA Dallas Ferris Wheelers (SPA Support)
- April 17th, 2026 – USA San Antonio Paper Tiger (SPA Support)
- April 21st, 2026 – USA Seattle The Crocodile (LH Support)
- April 22nd, 2026 – USA Portland Crystal Ballroom (LH Support)
- April 24th, 2026 – USA SLC Metro Music Hall (LH Support)
- April 26th, 2026 – USA Los Angeles The Roxy
- April 29th, 2026 – USA Las Vegas Swan Dive (LH Support)
- May 1st, 2026 – USA Phoenix The Marquee Theater (LH Support)
- May 2nd, 2026 – USA Denver
- May 5th, 2026 – USA Chicago Sleeping Village
- May 6th, 2026 – USA Indianapolis Spellbound Indy
- May 7th, 2026 – USA Detroit Small’s
- May 8th, 2026 – USA Columbus Ace of Cups (ULTRA SUNN Support)
- May 9th, 2026 – USA Pittsburgh Spirit (ULTRA SUNN Support)
- May 11th, 2026 – USA Richmond Fallout
- May 12th, 2026 – USA Philly Johnny’s Brenda
- May 13th, 2026 – USA Brooklyn Elsewhere
- May 14th, 2026 – USA Boston Middle East Upstairs
- May 15th, 2026 – CAN Ottawa House of Targ
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