★★★★★
Despite the worn out idiom that Americans just don't do self-deprecation, there's a slab of US-born culture that has grown fat off its ability to look at itself in a scathing manner. In recent years, a strain of bands have mutated from the vapid ooze of skate punk, leaving behind the endless summer of American Pie and keg parties, and have grown up in an America of vastly disparate wealth and social opportunities...
- thequietus.com
2014-06-14
★★★★★
THE MENZINGERS - Rented World
Album:
Rented World
Artist: Menzingers
Label: Epitaph
Release Date: April 22, 2014
www.epitaphrecords.com
BY JOHN B. MOORE
Thanks to a fortuitous decision about a decade ago to combine the ska band Bob and The Sagets (which is quite possibly the worst.....
- blurtonline.com
2014-05-13
★★★★★
Punk rock is full of young adults frustrated by the cruel world. But on their fourth full-length, 30-somethings the Menzingers take that dissatisfaction one step further, adding tales of heart-wrenching paranoia and self-realization to the mix.
Instead of condemnations of society's expectations, lead singer Tom May comes to terms with his place as an aging punk, employing a newfound clarity in his lyrics...
- www.nowtoronto.com
2014-05-09
★★★★★
Punk rock is full of young adults frustrated by the cruel world. But on their fourth full-length, 30-somethings the Menzingers take that dissatisfaction one step further, adding tales of heart-wrenching paranoia and self-realization to the mix. Instead of condemnations of society's expectations, lead singer Tom May comes to terms with his place as an aging punk, employing a newfound clarity in his lyrics...
- nowtoronto.com
2014-05-08
★★★★★
The Menzingers are having something of a moment. After 2012's On the Impossible Past caught the crest of a melodic-punk wave spearheaded by bands like Titus Andronicus, this tiny Philly-based, Scranton-spawned band traveled the world, bringing its shouty brand of guitar music to audiences far and wide. Therefore one is tempted to listen to Rented World, their newest, in light of this history, and especially as compared to Impossible Past...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-04-25
★★★★★
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Menzingers, The - Rented WorldThe Menzingers - Rented WorldRelease Date: April 22, 2014
Record Label: Epitaph
LP4 is a huge hurdle for The Menzingers. Whenever a band goes up against themselves, it's an enormous test of their staying power and ability to grow within their own sound...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2014-04-24
★★★★★
LP4 is a huge hurdle for The Menzingers. Whenever a band goes up against themselves, it's an enormous test of their staying power and ability to grow within their own sound. The popularity and cult-like adoration surrounding 2012's On The Impossible Past makes it obvious that The Menzingers are The Menzingers' biggest competitors when it comes to Rented World, as the questions surrounding this release view it pointedly as a "follow-up," and whether that follow-up could possibly meet lofty...
- absolutepunk.net
2014-04-23
★★★★★
It seems like a rule for Philly-based rockers the Menzingers not to mince words. They're a group that aims to say exactly what they mean, whether it's an admittance that they know when they're going to fuck up, or claiming that they simply don't want to be assholes anymore. The Menzingers have grown up considerably since their inception in 2006. Each album has been a slight departure from the last, cleaning up, tweaking and honing in on their sound...
- www.cmj.com
2014-04-23
★★★★★
The first song on The Menzingers' fourth LP Rented World boasts a title so declarative and on-the-nose that it threatens to render the actual song redundant. Fortunately, "I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore" lives up to its billing -- a raucous, raw-throated anthem that testifies to the redemptive powers of rock for the kind of people who see themselves in the Scranton band's music. Who are those people? Well, note that "I Don't Wanna Be an Asshole Anymore" is an apology, not a promise...
- www.wonderingsound.com
2014-04-23
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