Description
Following on the heels of their monumental “Dont Need Smoke to Make Myself Disappear” 7, Pissed Jeans drop album number 2 and their Sub Pop debut: Hope for Men (we like to think of it in the mankind sense). For those who found a glimmer of the stuff on the aforementioned single (two pressings of which have sold out), the album delivers more, and in abundance. That is to say, if classic, thick-as-glue punk bombast and Aussie sludge stoke the coals of your existence, you have found, not only your new favorite band, but a reason to get up in the morning.
Since 2004 the Jeans have spent many a night playing in their hometown, no-rules hellhole, Allentowns legendary Jeff the Pigeon (RIP). Their first single, Throbbing Organ and album, Shallow (both originally on Parts Unknown) set many self-styled punk scholars hearts a-flutter. Songs like Ugly Twin sent jaws floor-ward by including a plaintive piano part in a bruiser of a song. Such touches abound on Hope for Men. The album is diverse, but the Jeans aint no dilettantes. Mixing volatility with humor is a damned hard thing to master in music. Pissed Jeans do it with smarts and poignancy. Consider the bar raised.
Pissed Jeans are:
Bradley Fryguitar
Dave Rosenstrausbass
Matt Korvettevocals
Sean McGuinnessdrums
The NY Times covers a Pissed Jeans show, reflects on bad vibes
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