Tom mentioned during the live stream that after the last year and everything which has happened, he has a feeling the next album will be very “on course” for them.
That's the song that sounds most like something from After the Party if you ask me. Still, I too hope they go (back) in that direction. Love to hear that passion from them.
Someone said earlier they couldn't remove anything from After the Party to slot a b-side in. I gave it some thought and I would take Bad Catholics off and throw in No Penance.
Bad Catholics is currently my favorite song on that record lol, I’d take off house on fire easily. Skip it almost every time.
Bad Catholics is such a Menzingers sounding song. I wouldn’t get rid of anything. Honestly, I have ATP, then Toy Soldier, The Freaks, No Penance, Cemetery’s Garden, Covers EP, and then some other odds and ends. Some of the bsides are better than songs on the album but the albums doesn’t have a weak song or bad sequencing or anything that makes me need to swap anything out.
my assumption is that theyre booked shows that they cannot, for whatever reason, announce yet. if there was nothing on those dates they'd probably say TBA. someone mentioned maybe Canadian shows that they arent going to announce yet due to the current state of the lockdown and uncertainty with what lies ahead in terms of live shows.
Yep Strain Your Memory is a top tier Menzingers song. These lyrics are quite something: “And now the hotel maids were banging down the door As if they came looking for some answers When ya gonna leave? Where ya gonna go? Will you get your shit together? When are you gonna marry her? Well maybe you don't deserve her Maybe the whole thing was doomed from the start This inquisition is tearing me apart”