Southern California melodic Pop-Punk veterans Rufio have released their new EP, From The Outside, via Double Helix Records and sister label Double Felix Records. The five-song release represents Rufio’s first collection of new material since 2010’s Anybody Out There.

Arriving 25 years after the band’s landmark debut, Perhaps, I Suppose…, From The Outside reconnects longtime members Scott Sellers (vocals/guitar), Clark Domae (guitar/vocals), and Taylor Albaugh (bass/vocals), and features drummer Dylan Roy (Dragged Under, ONI, Skylimit).

Written remotely by Sellers, Domae, and Albaugh, From The Outside came about “without the industry expectations or scene pressures that surrounded much of Rufio’s earlier work.” That freedom allowed the band to follow their instincts, reconnect creatively, and make something rooted in who they are now.

Sellers says:

This EP was something fun to do with the dudes. We just wanted to make something that we are proud of and had fun doing. I’m at a weird point where I don’t really care what anyone else thinks right now. For me it was all about making something with the guys. We are old as hell now, so it’s not often we get to hang. So just being a bit more involved in each other’s lives felt really fucking good for me.

Domae adds:

For the first time, there was no pressure to write a ‘hit,’ and there was no pressure of trying to write according to the direction of the scene—not that it ever mattered to us.

From The Outside addresses “family, grief, anxiety, reconciliation, and the perseverance required to move through life’s more difficult seasons.”

The EP was produced by Rufio, mixed by JUNO Award-winning producer Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, Bayside, Neck Deep), and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Jason Livermore (Rise Against, NOFX, Descendents, Hot Water Music) at The Blasting Room.