Description

Pissed Jeans have never been a band that go halfway theyre known for their feral vocals, biting lyrics, buzzsaw guitars, and unhinged live shows, and their sixth album, Half-Divorced, is no exception. These songs skewer the tension between youthful optimism and the sobering realities of adulthood, and when viewed through frontman Matt Korvettes scowl, everything takes on a level of violent absurdity. Pissed Jeans notorious acerbic sense of humour remains sharper than ever as they dismember some of the joys that contemporary adult life has to offer, from helicopter parents to stolen catalytic converters to being in debt. On Seatbelt Alarm Silencer, Korvette growls, Call it a death drive but that aint fair / Drive implies Im headed somewhere. Korvette, Brad Fry (guitar), Randy Huth (bass), and Sean McGuinness (drums) werent in any rush to finish Half- Divorced, which was recorded by Don Godwin at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, Maryland. Were not the kind of band that bangs out a new record every two years, Korvette said. Pissed Jeans is truly like an art project for us, which is what makes it so fun. This lack of restraint rages within the songs that unexpectedly veer into classic hardcore punk territory often coming in at under two minutes long and erupting like the butane tank explosion Korvette sings about in Junktime. In the last song, Moving On, Korvette sneers, Cheesing into my camera phone / Pretending that Im not alone / Lifes the first thing that we all postpone. One gets the sense that Pissed Jeans refuse to postpone life in quite the same way life, like art, is something that happens now, not later.

LP available on Loser Edition Coke Bottle Green coloured vinyl.