Release Date: 03 March 2023
Label: Epitaph
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8714092794229
Genres: Rock Alternative
Release Date: 03 March 2023
Label: Epitaph
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8714092794212
Genres: Rock Alternative
Description
If credibility were currency, FAKE NAMES' wealth would be off the
charts. Composed of Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Dag Nasty),
Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, INVSN,
The International Noise Conspiracy), Johnny Temple (Girls Against
Boys, Soulside) and the newest member Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites of
Spring), the band is a veritable post-hardcore dream team.
However instead of rehashing the past, Expendables is a reinvention
that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the
melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop
sensibility that's slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying. "For our
last record [2019's FAKE NAMES]the general influences were 70's U.K.
punk and power-pop; but it wound up with a little classic rock vibe as
well, like the Vibrators meets Aerosmith. We never saw that coming!" ,
Baker explains.
For Expendables the band enlisted producer Adam "Atom" Greenspan (IDLES, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Baker explains, "The pop influences are a
little more out front on this one and the production really helps it shine. It sounds more direct, more urgent."
Expendables is the latest exchange in a musical conversation that spans four decades. Baker aptly refers to the lineup of FAKE NAMES
as a "mutual admiration society" and says that once the five members got in the same room together, it felt as if they had already been in
the band together for years.
Description
If credibility were currency, FAKE NAMES' wealth would be off the
charts. Composed of Brian Baker (Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Dag Nasty),
Michael Hampton (S.O.A., Embrace), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused, INVSN,
The International Noise Conspiracy), Johnny Temple (Girls Against
Boys, Soulside) and the newest member Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites of
Spring), the band is a veritable post-hardcore dream team.
However instead of rehashing the past, Expendables is a reinvention
that sees the band dialing back the distortion and leaning into the
melodies. The result pairs their unparalleled pedigree with a pop
sensibility that's slightly unexpected and wholly satisfying. "For our
last record [2019's FAKE NAMES]the general influences were 70's U.K.
punk and power-pop; but it wound up with a little classic rock vibe as
well, like the Vibrators meets Aerosmith. We never saw that coming!" ,
Baker explains.
For Expendables the band enlisted producer Adam "Atom" Greenspan (IDLES, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Baker explains, "The pop influences are a
little more out front on this one and the production really helps it shine. It sounds more direct, more urgent."
Expendables is the latest exchange in a musical conversation that spans four decades. Baker aptly refers to the lineup of FAKE NAMES
as a "mutual admiration society" and says that once the five members got in the same room together, it felt as if they had already been in
the band together for years.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Architects
Destroy Boys
Destroy Boys
Epitaph
The Linda Lindas
Falling In Reverse
Pennywise
The Blood Brothers
Fake Names
