Afternoon Bike Ride, share their latest single “Miss Universe”, the track is off the trio’s forthcoming album, Running With Scissors, out September 19th via Friends of Friends (Shlomo). Afternoon Bike Ride will also be touring across North America this fall, including dates in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec.

“The song starts with this mantra I’ve been repeating a lot”, explains Lia Kurihara, “the universe doesn’t give us anything we can’t handle”, something that almost feels like it should be written next to a “live, laugh, love” decal but it has helped me move through a lot this year… It’s exploring the feeling of loss of innocence, how hard it is for me to accept that I’m just a little baby even though im very much so also an adult.”

Running with Scissors lies an even more intimate anchor: Lia’s role as a caregiver for her father, who lived with dementia. Though for the last four years she’s dedicated much of her time outside of music to her dad’s needs, she also brought him into the band’s daily routine. He spent time with them at a writing retreat with them that resulted in their second album and he attended nearly all of their practices while building their first live show. Unfortunately, he has significantly declined and passed away since then. Running with Scissors doesn’t just explore grief in the abstract; it documents the daily ache of watching a loved one dissolve, while still grasping for the fleeting moments of recognition.

The Montreal band includes Lia Kurihara, Éloi Le Blanc-Ringuette and David Tanton. The group have played multiple US and Canadian tours including performances at Montreal’s JazzFest, Guelph’s JazzFest, Pop! Montreal and M for Montreal.

Afternoon Bike Ride
Running with Scissors
Tracklisting

20 Seasons
Otherworld
See Me Old
Beautiful & Treacherous
Reincarnated
Abigail
Oh No!
New Bliss
Miss Universe
Feel Through
Aurora
Running With Scissors

Afternoon Bike Ride 2025 Tour Dates

Nov 6 Bains Publics, Rimouski, QC
Nov 7 Pantoum, Quebec City, QC
Nov 8 Minotaure, Gatineau, QC
Nov 14 Baby G, Toronto, ON
Nov 20 Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC

Pre-order Running With Scissors by Afternoon Bike Ride HERE