Hello Exile

Description

Philadelphia-based punk bandThe Menzingers’sixth studio recordHello Exilearrives as the follow-up to the band’s 2017 critically acclaimed releaseAfter The Party. In creating the album, the band again joined forces with producerWill Yip(Mannequin Pussy, Quicksand), spending six weeks recording at Yip’s Conshohocken, PA-based Studio 4. “That’s the longest amount of time we’ve ever worked with Will,” notes vocalist Greg Barnett. “We wanted to make sure these stories didn’t get lost in the music, so we kept it to a lot of room sounds with the guitar and bass and drums.”OnHello Exile,The Menzingerstake 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. With the band achieving that soul-baring intimacy all throughout the album,Hello Exileemerges asThe Menzingers’most emotionally daring work to date.

1. America (Youre Freaking Me Out)
2. Anna
3. High School Friend
4. Last To Know
5. Strangers Forever
6. Hello Exile
7. Portland
8. Strain Your Memory
9. I Can’t Stop Drinking
10. Strawberry Mansion
11. London Drugs
12. Farewell Youth