The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus just dropped the deluxe expanded edition of ‘X’s For Eyes,’ and it’s out now. The Florida rockers loaded the new version with four additional tracks: the previously released “Angels Cry,” “Perfection” featuring Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders, “Not Today,” and a Screams Version of “Slipping Through (No Kings).” They’ve also shared a lyric video for “Not Today” to mark the occasion.
Frontman Ronnie Winter is fired up about what the expansion brings. “The surprise guest vocalist and alternate versions really make this the most exciting deluxe edition in the history of our career,” he says.
The 11 original songs on ‘X’s For Eyes’ found the band cranking up their caffeinated pop sensibilities, throwing down punishing riffs, and folding in more electronic and ambient textures, all topped off with Winter’s high-pitched emoting. A-list cameos from Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn on “Always The King” and Escape The Fate frontman Craig Mabbitt on “Worth It” pushed the record into one of the strongest entries of the band’s catalog. Winter used the album to work through deep, post-pandemic thoughts, and the band keeps the energy charged whenever the lyrics turn melancholy, ready to launch these songs into mosh pits and dance floors. The four new additions super-size a record that already connected, and they’re built to please the RJA faithful.
Formed in 2004 in Jacksonville, Florida, the band has racked up Gold and multi-Platinum singles, including their 5x Platinum smash “Face Down” (over 176 million YouTube views) and 2x Platinum “Your Guardian Angel” (over 37 million views), plus a 2x Platinum debut album, ‘Don’t You Fake It.’ They’ve logged over 1.5 billion career streams across two decades. “The core fanbase has always been there. It’s a family band. Why? Because we stick up for people,” Winter says. Their 2006 single “Face Down” carried anthemic choruses alongside a pointed message about domestic abuse, earning both sales accolades and devotion from crowds around the world.