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Hot Mulligan Announce New Album

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  1. Melody Bot Mar 9, 2023
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    Hot Mulligan will release Why Would I Watch on May 12th. Today they’ve shared “Shhhh! Golf is On.”

    Track Listing

    1. Shouldn’t Have a Leg Hole But I Do
    2. It’s a Family Movie She Hates Her Dad
    3. And I Smoke
    4. This Song is Called it’s Called What’s it Called
    5. No Shoes in the Coffee Shop (Or Socks)
    6. Christ Alive My Toe Dammit Hurts
    7. Betty
    8. Cock Party 2 (Better Than The First)
    9. Shhhh! Golf is On
    10. Gans Media Retro Games
    11. Smahccked My Head Awf
    12. John “The Rock” Cena, Can You Smell What the Undertaker
    Hot Mulligan - self proclaimed #1 Hot New Band and inventors of Post-Emo - have formally announced their forthcoming new album ‘Why Would I Watch’ out May 12 via Wax Bodega. A new song titled “Shhh! Golf Is On”, taken from the album, is out now and can be heard here: https://lnk.to/HMwhywouldiwatch
 
Produced by longtime collaborator Brett Romnes, ‘Why Would I Watch’ is Hot Mulligan at their loudest, their poppiest, and, ultimately, their most poignant: twinkly Midwestern emo guitars and mathy, synthy-heavy rhythms, Tades Sanville’s sandpaper vocals and indelible melodies. This lightning-in-a-bottle kinetic energy is encompassed on the aforementioned first single and in true Hot Mulligan fashion, a closer listen to the lyrics reveal an intense honesty that could get written off if you don’t pay attention.
 
Therein lies the true magic of Hot Mulligan, the push and pull of puns and pathos that might seem diametrically opposed at first but actually intersect to perfectly encapsulate life in a heavy, ADD-addled world.
 
The band don’t consider these groundbreaking topics, opting for more measured and at times resigned realism to deal with the melancholia and malaise of life’s ups and downs. “No one who’s depressed is crying all the time,” Sanville says. “The media likes to portray deep depression as sadness, but most of the time it’s indifference. That works its way into alternative comedy and shitposting. The two cultures collide perfectly. The titles are the shitposts and the songs are what everyone in this position actually feels.”
 
"Shhh! Golf is on" is about my mom. I’m asking her to die. Every time I hear about her, she’s a worse person than before,” says Tades on the song.
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  2. josh- Mar 9, 2023
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    Single is awesome!
     
  3. Nico1501 Mar 9, 2023
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    Digging the new song and really looking forward to the new album. In my opinion they are one of the strongest band to have emerged in recent years. Plus the track listing really made me giggle :D
     
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  4. Colby Searcy Mar 9, 2023
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    Had no clue The Ratt from IATA was a collaborator
     
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  6. WadeCastle Mar 9, 2023
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    really? they sound like every other pop punk band that has a singer that sounds like that to me. i saw them live in 2020 right before the pandemic hit and they didn't do anything for me live either.
     
  7. cosmickid Mar 10, 2023
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    THIS. like...it's fine? but i could easily go my entire life without hearing another band that sounds like this. it's been done to death.
     
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  8. CMilliken Mar 10, 2023
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    Instant preorder.
     
  9. BelieF Mar 10, 2023
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    Did you hear drink milk and run? Everything before 2020 is mids.
     
  10. Jason Tate Mar 10, 2023
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    heh this album is incredible and just about as good of a pop-punk album as you can get in 2023
     
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  11. KneeDeepPow Mar 10, 2023
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    Agreed, one of the frontrunners of the emo/pop punk realm. As an "elder emo" with a ton of friends that gave up on listening to new music after the age of 22, they're my go to band for recommending what the genre sounds like in 2023.
     
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  12. theasteriskera Mar 10, 2023
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    If I was a teenager right now they'd be my favorite band. At 32, they're like my 12th favorite band, which is pretty remarkable
     
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  13. ThumbsUpComics Mar 12, 2023
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    So stoked. Sad Drink Milk is not on here though
     
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  15. mit_backwards Mar 13, 2023
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    This band really turned it on/around on you'll be fine. I agreed with some of the comments here that said they sound generic (like a worse starting line or real friends equivalent with their previous singer). But something changed for me after youll be fine and the releases since. very excited for the new record- more so after Jason's comment.
     
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  16. WadeCastle Mar 13, 2023
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    when did they get a new singer? cause whoever i saw in 2020 was terrible and nobody cared about their set.
     
  17. Colby Searcy Mar 13, 2023
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    Real Friends got a new singer few years ago
     
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  18. WadeCastle Mar 13, 2023
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    new vocalist sounds like everyone else and now they really sound like everyone else altogether.
     
  19. CyberInferno Mar 16, 2023
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    I agree with this. I liked "Pilot" ("How Do You Know It's Not Armadillo Shells?" is one of my favorite tracks still) and a few songs before that, but "you'll be fine" is where they really hit their stride. This new song sounds great. And so did "Drink Milk And Run" (I'm quite surprised it's not on the album).
    I actually enjoy the new Real Friends, but I agree that it's lost some of what made it special. I liked Codi as a vocalist for Youth Fountain, and I think he does a pretty decent job singing the older RF songs too (saw them live in 2021), but the new stuff is definitely more generic pop-punk.
     
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  20. WadeCastle Mar 17, 2023
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    i havent seen them yet with cody but i agree, his stuff with YF is awesome, have you ever heard his previous band parting ways? also solid stuff from years ago! Meant Well, by Parting Ways