The Menzingers are set to return this fall with their seventh studio album Some of It Was True, out on October 13th via Epitaph Records. Ahead of its release, the punk rockers have shared the lead single “Hope Is a Dangerous Little Thing.”
To help try to capture their infectious live energy on tape, The Menzingers set out to record Some of It Was True in El Paso, Texas, at the legendary Sonic Ranch studios with Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, The War on Drugs, Waxahatchee). Now 15 years in, the new album sees the band embrace their own evolution, writing about others’ stories as much as their own.
As vocalist and guitarist Greg Barnett explains in a press release: “Written over the last two and a half years in hotels, backstages, basements, and rehearsal rooms and recorded during a life-changing retreat down south, Some of It Was True is the most realized version of what we set out to do when we started this band 17 years ago — have fun and be ourselves.”
“Hope Is a Dangerous Little Thing” is filled with rich, sweeping melodies and caffeinated riffs that serve as the perfect backdrop to Barnett’s angsty lyrics: “Hope is a dangerous, dangerous little thing/ To keep finding out the hard way/ What tomorrow never brings,” goes the singalong chorus.
Pre-orders for Some of It Was True are ongoing. See its artwork and listen to “Hope Is a Dangerous Little Thing” below.
The Menzingers are also set to embark on a North American tour beginning this November. Find tickets here.
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