Available now. CHUNKSAAH RECORDS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS BROMANTIC SPLIT 7" IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 20TH! Featuring one brand-spanking-new original song from both "The Bouncing Souls" and "the Menzingers" as well as each band covering the other band's song. It's a vinyl party fit for celebrating 20 years of DIY fun. Track Listing: A: The Bouncing Souls "Blackout" & "Burn After Writing". B: The Menzingers "The Shakes" 7 "Kate Is Great".
April 22 street date. Philadelphia-by-way-of Scranton punk band, The Menzingers are now two years on from Epitaph debut On The Impossible Past, voted Album of the Year by Absolute Punk and Punk News. The same accolades have followed The Menzingers since forming as teenagers, across the now classic Chamberlain Waits (2010) and first album A Lesson In The Abuse of Information Technology (2007). No longer housemates in Scranton, PA, the title to The Menzinger’s 2014 follow-up, Rented World, mirrors the band’s lifestyle since moving to Philly in 2008. The band was renting separate spaces around the city, but maintaining a practice space in North Philly where the majority of the record was written. While the previous two records trade on the trademark snarl of Chicago producer Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio and Lawrence Arms) and his Atlas Studio sound, TheMenzingers kept it Philly-local for Rented World, enlisting Jonathan Low, whose distinctively rich Americana sound resonates through the careers of The War On Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, and The National. "Things start to feel a little more serious," songwriter/guitarist Tom May said. "When we were younger we wrote fiery songs because at that age it’s your world view. Things feel wrong and you want to say how wrong it is. Now, I look at the world with a view of ‘well, I’m not right all the time’."
April 22 street date. Philadelphia-by-way-of Scranton punk band, The Menzingers are now two years on from Epitaph debut On The Impossible Past, voted Album of the Year by Absolute Punk and Punk News. The same accolades have followed The Menzingers since forming as teenagers, across the now classic Chamberlain Waits (2010) and first album A Lesson In The Abuse of Information Technology (2007). No longer housemates in Scranton, PA, the title to The Menzinger’s 2014 follow-up, Rented World, mirrors the band’s lifestyle since moving to Philly in 2008. The band was renting separate spaces around the city, but maintaining a practice space in North Philly where the majority of the record was written. While the previous two records trade on the trademark snarl of Chicago producer Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio and Lawrence Arms) and his Atlas Studio sound, TheMenzingers kept it Philly-local for Rented World, enlisting Jonathan Low, whose distinctively rich Americana sound resonates through the careers of The War On Drugs, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, and The National. "Things start to feel a little more serious," songwriter/guitarist Tom May said. "When we were younger we wrote fiery songs because at that age it’s your world view. Things feel wrong and you want to say how wrong it is. Now, I look at the world with a view of ‘well, I’m not right all the time’."
February 3 street date. 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 its 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. “We 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,” 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 its 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.
February 3 street date. 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 its 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. “We 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,” 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 its 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.
April 13 street date. RSD Exclusive 7” featuring two brand new tracks from THE MENZINGERS, recorded during the sessions for their 2017 After the Party album. Produced by Will Yip (Say Anything, Turnstile, Code Orange) and recorded at Studio 4 in Conshocken, PA.
October 4 street date. Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers are set to release their sixth studio album, Hello Exile. Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Quicksand), the album is the follow-up to the band’s 2017 critically acclaimed release After The Party. 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 their new album Hello Exile, the band take 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, Hello Exile ultimately maintains the irrepressible spirit that’s always defined the band. The Menzingers are: singer/guitarists Greg Barnett and Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino.
October 4 street date. Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers are set to release their sixth studio album, Hello Exile. Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Quicksand), the album is the follow-up to the band’s 2017 critically acclaimed release After The Party. 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 their new album Hello Exile, the band take 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, Hello Exile ultimately maintains the irrepressible spirit that’s always defined the band. The Menzingers are: singer/guitarists Greg Barnett and Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino.
November 4 street date. The Menzingers created a rousing sound featuring crashing power chords, rock steady drumming and anthemic sing-along choruses alongside powerfully poetic everyman lyrics. "On The Impossible Past" was recorded at Atlas Studios in Chicago with longtime collaborators Matt Allison (Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms) and Justin Yates. While the record retains all the raucous spirit of the band's earlier efforts sonically, it's a monumental step forward. The 10 year anniversary edition includes reworked artwork in a gatefold jacket, an 8 page booklet, and their acoustic album tracks previously only released as "On the Possible Past".
Scranton, PA is probably best known as the home of the fictional Dunder-Mifflin on NBC's hit show The Office. Soon it will be also be known as the home of one of the most exciting new bands in the world, THE MENZINGERS. Their demo was on many critics’ Top 10 list of releases for 2006. Now here comes their debut full length, A Lesson In The Abuse Of Information Technology, which was produced by Jesse Cannon (Say Anything, The Cure, Lifetime). According to Cannon: I record bands every day and almost all of them are missing something. THE MENZINGERS have it all, the songs, the aggression, the heart and the passion that most only dream of.
January.12th Street date. After their promising debut on Go-Kart in 2007, these Pennsylvanian troublemakers are finally old enough to drink and ready to join the Red Scare ranks. This five-song EP is made up of throaty melodies, catchy singalongs, and lots and lots of guts.
Available now. Regular edition. After releasing an especially lauded EP and touring much of 2009, THE MENZINGERS were dubbed a "Band You Need To Know" in 2010 by Alternative Press and subsequently released their debut full length, proving why. 'Chamberlain Waits' may very well be the most important record released so far by Red Scare and was even named the top release of 2010 by punknews.org! On this gem, The Menzingers combine everything from punk and hardcore to folk, creating an
undeniably infectious hybrid of hits.
Available now. Regular edition. After releasing an especially lauded EP and touring much of 2009, THE MENZINGERS were dubbed a "Band You Need To Know" in 2010 by Alternative Press and subsequently released their debut full length, proving why. 'Chamberlain Waits' may very well be the most important record released so far by Red Scare and was even named the top release of 2010 by punknews.org! On this gem, The Menzingers combine everything from punk and hardcore to folk, creating an
undeniably infectious hybrid of hits.
February 21 street date. Scranton-raised, Philadelphia-based punk rock outfit The Menzingers drop their Epitaph debut On the Impossible Past this February, after two acclaimed albums on small indies. The band’s fiery early releases and dynamic live performances supporting Anti Flag and Against Me! have created a serious buzz and landed the group on several best of lists. The band caught the attention of Epitaph founder and President Brett Gurewitz, who says, “These guys play the kind of pure punk rock that I grew up with. They are seriously talented songwriters and I’m happy to welcome them to the Epitaph family. I think the band is a great fit here.” Their high energy sound features crashing power chords, rock steady drumming and anthemic sing-along choruses alongside poetic salt of the earth lyrics in the vein of Against Me! and Gaslight Anthem
February 21 street date. Scranton-raised, Philadelphia-based punk rock outfit The Menzingers drop their Epitaph debut On the Impossible Past this February, after two acclaimed albums on small indies. The band’s fiery early releases and dynamic live performances supporting Anti Flag and Against Me! have created a serious buzz and landed the group on several best of lists. The band caught the attention of Epitaph founder and President Brett Gurewitz, who says, “These guys play the kind of pure punk rock that I grew up with. They are seriously talented songwriters and I’m happy to welcome them to the Epitaph family. I think the band is a great fit here.” Their high energy sound features crashing power chords, rock steady drumming and anthemic sing-along choruses alongside poetic salt of the earth lyrics in the vein of Against Me! and Gaslight Anthem
August 6 street date. The Menzingers formed in the wake of Scranton ska-punk/pop-punk bands Bob And The Sagats and KOS MOS. Their first release was a self-titled demo tape made in 2006, which made its way onto many Top 10 lists that year. Their debut full-length, A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology, was produced by Jesse Cannon (Say Anything, The Cure, Lifetime). According to Cannon, I record bands every day and almost all of them are missing something. The Menzingers have it all: the songs, the aggression, the heart, and the passion that most only dream of.
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