The Menzingers Share "Strangers Forever," New Album 'Hello Exile' Out October 4
Today Philadelphia-based punk band The Menzingers share the music video for the song “Strangers Forever,” a track off the band’s forthcoming record Hello Exile out October 4 via Epitaph. The track is a searing tribute to parting ways, backing their spiky guitars with brilliantly barbed lyrics. “Lyrically, the song is inspired by Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, ‘Anna Karenina’. In it, the character Darya Alexandrovna learns of her husband’s infidelity and declares: ‘Even if we remain in the same house, we are strangers — strangers forever!’” explains vocalist Greg Barnett. “The idea of becoming a stranger to someone you so intimately know stuck with me and became the overarching narrative to this song.”
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “STRANGERS FOREVER” NOW
Since forming as teenagers in 2006, The Menzingers have shown their strength as rough-and-tumble storytellers, turning out songs equally rooted in frenetic energy and lifelike detail. The forthcoming sixth studio album, Hello Exile sees The Menzingers take their lyrical narrative to a whole new level and share their reflections on moments from the past and present: high-school hellraising, troubled relationships, aging and alcohol and political ennui. With the band achieving that soul-baring intimacy all throughout the album, Hello Exile emerges as The Menzingers’ most emotionally daring work to date.
The Menzingers is singer/guitarists Greg Barnett and Tom May, bassist Eric Keen, and drummer Joe Godino.
Hello Exile Track Listing
1. America (You’re Freaking Me Out)
2. Anna
3. High School Friend
4. Last to Know
5. Strangers Forever
6. Hello Exile
7. Portland
8. Strain Your Memory
9. I Can’t Stop Drinking
10. Strawberry Mansion
11. London Drugs
12. Farewell Youth
The band will hit the road this fall with support from Tigers Jaw and Culture Abuse. Tickets are on sale now. For more information visit, https://themenzingers.com/tour.
TOUR DATES
10/25 Columbus, OH Athaneum^
10/27 Detroit, MI Magic Stick^
10/29 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater^
10/30 Madison, WI Majestic Theater^
10/31 St. Louis, MO Delmar Hall^
11/1 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater^
11/2 Omaha, NE Slowdown^
11/3 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre^
11/5 Seattle, WA El Corazon^
11/6 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre^
11/8 San Francisco, CA Slim's^
11/9 San Francisco, CA Slim's^
11/10 Los Angeles, CA The Regent^
11/12 Pomona, CA The Glasshouse^
11/13 Phoenix, AZ Club Red^
11/15 Dallas, TX Trees^
11/16 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger^
11/17 Austin, TX Mohawk^
11/19 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade^
11/20 Charlotte, NC The Underground^
11/22 Tampa, FL The Orpheum%
11/23 Orlando, FL The Beacham%
11/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room%
11/26 Nashville, TN Basement East^
11/29 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall^
11/30 Pittsburgh, PA Roxian Theater^
12/1 Toronto, ON Phoenix^
12/3 Richmond, VA Broadberry^
12/4 Washington, DC The Black Cat^
12/5 New York, NY Warsaw^
12/6 New York, NY Warsaw^
12/7 Boston, MA House of Blues^
^ w/ Tigers Jaw & Culture Abuse
% w/ Culture Abuse (no Tigers Jaw)