The Menzingers - Hello Exile - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

For their fifth full-length After the Party, The Menzingers set out to make the quintessential jukebox record an unstoppably melodic album primed for bar-room sing-alongs. Delivering anthemic harmonies, furious power chords, and larger-than-life melodies, the Philadelphia-based garage-punk four-piece amply fulfills that mission while achieving something much more deeply nuanced. With it's delicately crafted storytelling and everyman romanticism, After the Party ultimately proves to be a wistful but life-affirming reflection on getting older but not quite growing up. InchWe spent our 20s living in a rowdy kind of way, and now we're at a point where it seems like everyone in our lives is moving in different directions,Inch says Tom May, who joined fellow singer/guitarist Greg Barnett, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino in forming The Menzingers as teenagers in their hometown of Scranton. With each song unfolding as it's own fully realized story, After the Party came to life thanks largely to an introspective yet outward-looking lyrical sensibility on the part of Barnett and May. Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Balance & Composure, Pianos Become the Teeth) and recorded in Yip's Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based Studio 4, After the Party finds the band breaking into new sonic terrain. The Menzingers' most refined album to date, After the Party was also shaped from an intensive writing and pre-production process that involved holing up for five weeks in Yip's studio. Along with sculpting more expansive arrangements, the band focused on experimenting with new effects and production techniques to forge the album's dynamic but intricately textured sound. Album Tracks 1. Tellin' Lies 2. Thick As Thieves 3. Lookers 4. Midwestern States 5. Charlie's Army 6. House on Fire 7. Black Mass 8. Boy Blue 9. Bad Catholics 10. Your Wild Years 11. The Ba

Limited 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. On their debut album Try Not To Freak Out Norwegian four-piece Sløtface deliver political punk wrapped in pop packaging. They've won over fans and critics alike with their massive hooks, scorching riffs, and sometimes biting, sometimes earnest, yet always relatable lyrics. Sløtface are a young band poised for a break-out year on the back of a fully-formed, tenacious debut. Prior to the album's , the band - lead singer Haley Shea, guitarist Tor-Arne Vikingstad, bassist Lasse Lokøy, and drummer Halvard Skeie Wiencke - are taking on the EU/UK festival circuit with their powerful live show. Album Tracks 1. Magazine 2. Galaxies 3. Pitted 4. Sun Bleached 5. Pools 6. Night Guilt 7. Try 8. Nancy Drew 9. Slumber 10. It's Coming to a Point

Philadelphia-based indie rockers, The Menzingers made great use of their free time during this summer's stay at home order by recording a Inchre-imaginedInch acoustic version of their brilliant 2019 album InchHello Exile.Inch Since forming as teenagers in 2006, The Menzingers have shown their strength as rough-and-tumble storytellers, turning out songs equally rooted in frenetic energy and lifelike detail. On From Exile, the band took their lyrical narrative to a whole new level and share their reflections on moments from the past and present high-school hellraising, troubled relationships, aging and alcohol and political ennui. And while their songs often reveal certain painful truths, they ultimately maintain the irrepressible spirit that's always defined the band. These acoustic interpretations show once again how beautifully crafted these songs really are. Album Tracks 1. America You're Freaking Me Out) (From Exile) 2. Anna (From Exile) 3. High School Friend (From Exile) 4. Last to Know (From Exile) 5. Strangers Forever (From Exile) 6. Hello Exile (From Exile) 7. Portland (From Exile) 8. Strain Your Memory (From Exile) 9. I Can't Stop Drinking (From Exile) 10. Strawberry Mansion (From Exile) 11. London Drugs (From Exile) 12. Farewell Youth (From Exile)