The Men are back with the tenth studio album of their career. The Brooklyn garage-punk staples will release Buyer Beware on February 28 via Fuzz Club. Leading that record is the new song “Pony,” which comes with a trippy music video in which animated doodles come to life over colorized footage of various real-life scenarios, ranging from old timey dance sequences to someone dressed up as a horse. Watch it below.
“This one picked up the name ‘Pony’ cuz it felt a little sugary and sweet,” the Men’s Mark Perro said of the lead single. “It was one of those things that just came out when we talked about the song and it stuck. I’m really happy with the fuzz tones we got on here, and the harmony vocals from Nick [Chiericozzi] and Jess [Poplawski] take this to another level. Lyrically, it’s about that transitional moment – when the jig is up.”
Buyer Beware follows the Men’s 2023 full-length New York City, which was inspired by their time exploring the city during lockdown. Recorded direct to tape and captured by recording engineer and frequent collaborator Travis Harrison, the new album leans into the energy and aggression of the Men’s live shows as well as the psychedelia of their earlier records.
Read about the Men’s Open Your Heart in “The Top 50 Albums of 2012.”
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Buyer Beware:
01 Pony
02 At the Movies
03 Buyer Beware
04 Fire Sermon
05 PO Box 96
06 Charm
07 Black Heart Blue
08 Nothing Wrong
09 Control
10 Dry Cycle
11 The Path
12 Tombstone
13 Get My Soul