Twenty One Pilots Storm Back with 'Jumpsuit' and 'Nico and the Niners': Listen

Band announce new album, “Trench,” as well as world tour.

Wednesday (July 11) was a very good day for Twenty One Pilots fans, as it brought two new songs, a video and news about a new album and world tour. After a year of silence the duo stormed back with the dub-inspired track ”Jumpsuit” and the reggae rap tune “Nico and the Niners.” Both songs are slated to appear on the band's upcoming fifth studio album TRENCH, due out on Oct. 5.

The first taste of the follow-up to 2015's Grammy-winning BLURRYFACE finds singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun diving back into their patented mash-up of pop, hip-hop and rock, with Joseph once again plumbing the dark regions of his psyche. “I can't believe how much I hate/ Pressures of a new place roll my way/ Jumpsuit, jumpsuit cover me/ Jumpsuit, jumpsuit cover me/ I crumble underneath the weight,” Joseph sings over a throbbing bass line and Dun's delicate drums in the slow-bouncing first verse of ”Jumpsuit” before he breaks into a falsetto break in the song's second half as it careens to a thundering end.   

With a bouncier, poppier feel, “Nico and the Niners” throbs with a reggae groove, and, seemingly establishing a theme, also references a jumpsuit. “I'm heavy, my jumpsuit is on steady/ I'm lighter when I'm lower, I'm higher when I'm heavy, ooooh/ I'm so high, my jumpsuit takes me so high/ I'm flying from a fire, from Nico and the Niners, oooh,” Joseph sings on the chorus of the song.

In addition to dates for a world tour slated to kick off on Oct. 16 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the band also released a video for “Jumpsuit” directed by frequent collaborator Andrew Donoho. In the clip Joseph is stranded on a rocky shore surrounded by masked figures on the cliffs above as he flees from a mysterious figure in a red cloak giving chase on horseback.

Check out the video, songs and tour dates below.

Twenty One Pilots tour dates:

Oct. 16 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

Oct. 17 — Chicago, IL @ United Center

Oct. 19 — St Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center

Oct. 20 — Milwaukee, WI @ Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center

Oct. 21 — St Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

Oct. 23 — Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena

Oct. 24 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

Oct. 26 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden

Oct. 27 – Uniondale, NY @ NYCB Live

Oct. 28 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

Oct. 30 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Oct. 31 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena

Nov 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

Nov. 3 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

Nov. 4 — Sunrise, FL @ BB&T Center

Nov. 6 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

Nov. 7 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

Nov. 9 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena

Nov. 10 — Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

Nov. 11 — Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

Nov. 13 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena

Nov. 15 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center

Nov. 16 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome

Nov. 17 — Boise, ID @ Taco Bell Arena

Nov. 19 — Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

Nov. 20 — Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena

Nov. 21 — Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center

Dec. 7 – Perth, AU @ Perth Arena

Dec. 10 — Adelaide, AU @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Dec. 13 — Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena

Dec. 16 — Sydney, AU @ Qudos Bank Arena

Dec. 18 — Brisbane, AU @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Dec. 21 — Auckland, NZ @ Spark Arena

Jan. 30 — Kiev, UA @ Palace of Sports

Feb. 2 — Moscow, RU @ VTB Arena

Feb. 4 – St Petersburg, RU @ Ice Palace

Feb. 6 – Helsinki, FI @ Ice Hall

Feb. 8 — Stockholm, SE @ Ericsson Globe Arena

Feb. 9 — Oslo, NO @ Telenor Arena

Feb. 11 – Copenhagen, DK @ Royal Arena

Feb. 12 – Hamburg, DE @ Barclaycard Arena

Feb. 14 – Berlin, DE @ Mercedes-Benz Arena

Feb. 15 — Lodz, PL @ Atlas Arena

Feb. 16 — Prague, CZ @ The O2 Arena

Feb. 17 — Vienna, AT @ Wiener Stadthalle

Feb. 21 – Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena

Feb. 23 — Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion Zurich

Feb. 24 – Stuttgart, DE @ Hanns-Martin-Schleyerhalle

Feb. 25 — Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena

Feb. 27 — Birmingham, UK @ Genting Arena

March 1 — Dublin, UK @ 3Arena

March 2 — Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena Belfast

March 4 — Glasgow, UK @ The SSE Hydro Arena

March 5 — Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena

March 7 – London, UK @ The SSE Arena Wembley

March 11 — Paris, FR @ Accorhotels Arena

March 12 — Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome

March 13 — Brussels, BE @ Palais 12

March 15 — Bilbao, [email protected] Bizkaia Arena (BEC!)

March 16 – Madrid, ES @ WiZink Center

March 17 — Lisbon, PT @ Altice Arena