The All-American Rejects release new album 'Sandbox' | UK tour dates + Download Festival stage headline this summer

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS release new album Sandbox

First new album in 14 years out now

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Watch the lyric video for 'Clothesline' Below

The All-American Rejects officially return today with Sandbox, the band’s first full-length record in 14 years. Signalling a triumphant new chapter fuelled by renewed energy, perspective, and a healthy dose of chaos, Sandbox finds the group embracing exactly who. Listen to Sandbox HERE.

Produced by frontman Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist Nick Wheeler, and Scott Chesak, Sandbox captures the band at their most self-assured and creatively unfiltered. Led by Ritter’s songwriting, the album balances the band’s signature anthemic hooks with a sharper, more reflective perspective shaped by time, growth, and the chaos of adulthood.

“The record touches on themes of reconciling youth, finally having to stand on your own two feet as an adult, and facing the outside world,” says Ritter. “Sandbox has helped me survive in this modern age – not only where I am in my life, but in the world.”

At its core, Sandbox is about reconciliation with identity, with aging, with the past, and with the messy realities of adulthood. For the first time in their career, the band isn’t chasing relevance, trends, or radio hits. Instead, they’re grounded in the truth of who they are as a “blue-collar rock band” that never quite fit a scene but persevered anyway. The title reflects that philosophy. It’s a world where anything can be built, broken, or rediscovered. It’s chaotic, nostalgic, and limitless, much like the album itself.

The band is wrapping up the latest run of their viral “Mike’s Dirty Lemonade Presents The All-American Rejects House Party Tour,” tonight with a special show in New York City, with the location to be announced later today.

The tour has transformed unconventional spaces into unforgettable live experiences, with recent stops including a high school with the Savannah Bananas, frat houses, ships and even the International Church of Cannabis on this latest set of shows. Since launching last year, the “House Party Tour” has become a cultural phenomenon, redefining the traditional concert experience by bringing fans face-to-face with the band in intimate, unpredictable settings.

While the band prepares to head overseas for their European “RECESS TOUR”, the house parties are far from over… fans across the world should keep their eyes peeled for international House Party dates to be announced soon, as the band looks to bring their immersive and exhilarating live show to fans across the globe.

Playhouse continues The All-American Rejects’ House Party Tour, supporting the band’s direct-to-fan approach by helping bring intimate live shows to unexpected spaces outside the traditional concert model. Longtime live sound innovator Mackie joins as the tour’s official audio provider, equipping the band with its Thumpv4 Professional Powered Loudspeakers featuring SoundCheck DSP™ technology for premium sound tailored to the unique house party environment. Proceeds and donations from the tour will benefit City of Hope, furthering the tour’s philanthropic mission – click HERE to donate.

For tickets and more information, visit the band's website HERE.

Upcoming RECESS Tour Dates:

June 9 - Warsaw, Poland - Progresja Noise Stage

June 10 - Berlin, Germany - Huxley’s

June 11 - Hradec Králové, Czech Republic - Rock For People Festival

June 13 - Leicestershire, UK - Download Festival

June 14 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy *SOLD OUT

June 16 - London, UK - o2 Forum Kentish Town *SOLD OUT

June 18 - Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 Tilburg

June 19 - Paris, FR - Bataclan

ABOUT THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS:

Beginning a renaissance in the 2020s, the band managed to quietly sell out venues across the country on their first proper headline tour in over a decade: 2023’s Wet Hot All-American Summer Tour. They magnetically attracted tens of thousands of fans to see them at free guerilla pop-up concerts at USC, in a cornfield, and outside of a house in Nashville during 2025’s wildly popular “House Party Tour”.

Surveying their influence, Variety put it best, “They won over young listeners with sticky songs about broken hearts and adolescent lust that have resonated across the decades.” For as much as their bulletproof back catalog is attractive to generations of fans, it’s the uncontainable energy of the collective that inspires all listeners to stick around.

Now and forever, The All-American Rejects are proudly “a band of the people,” cutting through the bullshit, silencing the noise, and meeting audiences exactly where they are with music that they need. This spirit surges through their fifth album, first INDEPENDENT release, and first full-length LP in 14 years, Sandbox. It's the sound of rock’s unsung antiheroes doing what they do best, pulling no punches, and delivering sticky, sharp, and sometimes sweet anthems.

The All-American Rejects – Sandbox album tracklisting:

1. Easy Come, Easy Go

2. Get This

3. Search Party!

4. Eggshell Tap Dancer

5. Green Isn’t Yellow

6. Sandbox

7. King Kong

8. Clothesline

9. Lemonade

10. For Mama

11. Staring Back At Me

12. Search Party! (Live From Medium Sized Backyard)