5X Platinum-certified alternative rock mainstays THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS (@redjumpsuitapparatus) yesterday (October 3) released their sixth album X’s For Eyes via Better Noise Music and latest single and video, “Perfection.” Against an intense driving rhythm and a big, urgent melody, lead vocalist, guitarist, and founding member Ronnie Winter candidlylays his cards on the table, singing “I like stormy weather” and that “Whatever won’t break can make us” with his signature wide-ranging voice.
Stream/download “Perfection” HERE
X’s For Eyes is now available to stream and purchaseHERE
Winter points out that “Perfection” is “a song about perfect imperfections, about embracing one’s flaws and the true beauty that lies within. It’s a song about individuality, self-acceptance, and the idea that our scars and imperfections make us who we are. Through the lens of perfectly imperfect, what some might consider to be mistakes, flaws, and shortcomings suddenly become good, beautiful, even desirable. It’s a reminder,” he adds, “that being perfectly imperfect is something not to hide but to celebrate.”
X’s For Eyes marks the first full-length album from THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS—vocalist Ronnie Winter, his multi-instrumentalist brother Randy Winter, guitarist Josh Burke, bassist Joey Westwood, drummer John Espy, keyboardist Nadeem Salam, and newest member K Enagonio on vocals—as part of a new partnership with Better Noise Music.
“I think that anybody who’s been with us the whole time realizes that we’ve been an activist band since 2006,” Winter says. “So when I see X’s for eyes, it reminds me of the childhood cartoons, the video games—all those things where this is what happens when you don’t do the right thing. You see that character that you know and love, but for three seconds with a bunch of swirling birds over their head and they’ve got X’s for eyes because they made a mistake. They trusted the wrong person, they went in the wrong direction, they chose the wrong path and then POW! Something crazy happens and there’s X’s for eyes, or ‘RIP.’ And I just find that has a parallel reality to now.”
He continues, “In 2006, we put a song out called ‘Face Down,’ which was an anti-domestic violence song, which we then toured the country doing everything we could to raise awareness against domestic violence. So that was with song one. And then in 2025, we’re just still continuing that narrative of social justice: doing the right thing, treating women properly, as well as men. Just the mistreatment of others. We’ve broadened that. We’ve broadened that scope. Racism, homophobia—we try to touch on everything that we wanted to make sure our fans who are coming to our show know that we stand behind. And I think we did that. I really do.”
“Perfection” follows the release of three singles from X’s For Eyes: “Home Improvement,” “Slipping Through (No Kings),” and “X’s For Eyes.”
The 11 songs on X’s For Eyes find the band revving up their caffeinated pop sensibilities, throwing down the punishing riffola, delivering more electronic and ambient flourishes, and topping all of it off with Winter’s high-pitched emoting. Factor in some hair-raising cameos from Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn (“Always The King”) and Escape The Fate frontman Craig Mabbitt (“Worth It”) and the result is genuinely RJA’s most strident full-length offering yet.
Formed in 2004 in Jacksonville, FL, the band has accrued Gold and multi-Platinum singles—including their massive 5x Platinum hit single “Face Down” (which has over 176 million views on YouTube), 2x Platinum “Your Guardian Angel” (which has over 37 million views on YouTube)—and 2x Platinum-certified debut album, DON’T YOU FAKE IT, alongside numerous high-ranking radio chart positions and a robust digital history of over 1.5 billion career streams. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS began their expedition into the hearts and minds of a generation 20 years ago. Their blazing 2006 single “Face Down” delivered both anthemic choruses and a strident message about domestic abuse, achieving both sales accolades and adoration from crowds all over the planet.
Here’s the track list for X’s For Eyes:
- Always The King (feat. Kellin Quinn)
- Purple Halo
- Perfection
- X’s For Eyes
- Bad Beat
- Slipping Through (No Kings)
- Home Improvement
- Twenty Hour Drive
- Kins and Carroll
- Getting By
- Worth It (feat. Craig Mabbitt)
Here are current tour dates for THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS. Tickets are available on their official website.
Wed 10/8 Great Falls, MT The Newberry
Thu 10/9 Spokane, WA The Big Dipper
Fri 10/10 Portland, OR Dante’s
Sat 10/11 Tacoma, WA Airport Tavern Music Hall
Thu 10/16 Bakersfield, CA The Nile Theater
Sat 10/18 Las Vegas, NV When We Were Young 2025
Sun 10/19 Las Vegas, NV When We Were Young 2025
Sat 11/15 Orlando, FL Warped Tour
Sun 11/16 Orlando, FL Warped Tour
Wed 11/19 Gainesville, FL The Wooly
Thu 11/20 West Palm Beach, FL The Banyan Live
Fri 11/21 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
Fri 11/28 Tallahassee, FL Fire Betty’s
Sat 11/29 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
Sun 11/30 Biloxi, MS The Sanctuary
Thu 12/4 Fort Worth, TX Tulips FTW
Fri 12/5 Bryan, TX Ice House On Main
Sat 12/6 Corpus Christi, TX House of Rock
Sun 12/7 Austin, TX Come and Take It Live
Thu 12/11 El Paso, TX Rockhouse Bar and Grill
Fri 12/12 Phoenix, AZ The Nile
Sat 12/13 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick
Sun 12/14 Anaheim, CA Parish @ House of Blues
Find THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS online at: FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK | YOUTUBE
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