THE MEN (US) + Dark Times

"You can’t help but feel admiration for the Men’s unapologetic stance on music. In step with the DIY ethics of the US post-punk upheaval of the 1980s (think Fugazi and Black Flag), The Men are unswervingly uncompromi...s...ing. They favour the squalling distortion of blown speakers, the channelling of pain through cheap, battered instruments. Out of nowhere, scrappy guitar lines bleed out, and the primitive vocals are often unbearable. Elsewhere, melody is virtually eschewed, except on ‘If You Leave…’, which surfs a huge wave of lysergic psychedelia. Indeed, the song in question, smashing through the seven minute barrier, takes three minutes for its shoe-gaze-y buzz to fully kick in — a bloody minded and righteous inversion of punk’s conventionally choppy, laconic structures."
Jamie Skey / Stool Pigeon 2011

http://www.wearethemen.blogspot.com/


THE MEN latest album "leave home" available on Sacred Bones records

http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr057/

DARK TIMES