The Men

The Men yes, “The,” are a four-piece post punk outfit from Brooklyn, NY. Their catalog, which began in 2008 with a hand-dubbed self-released demo cassette, has grown to include two LPs — We Are the Men and Immaculada — two more tapes, and a 7-inch. They have toured three times, played over 75 shows and have grown a following of die hard fans crowding into living rooms and basements throughout the five boroughs, desperately trying to see them. read more…

With their fourth full-length album to be released in as many years, The Men proudly present the sweeping New Moon, their most intensely personal and immersive installment yet. Never content to draw on the same methods twice, nor to recline under the heel of expectation, The Men quit the city in early 2012 to head for Big Indian, NY – transforming a remote Catskills locale into a full-fledged stray dog studio home. Taking complete advantage of dry eyes and clear mountain mornings, the band has never before so thoroughly surrendered their writing process, or themselves for that matter, to the recording environment.

Entering with only the most skeletal sketches, the house was selected as an incubator for its technical limitations, 32-hour orbit and predisposal to celestial intervention. Familiar faces remain, the core of guitarists Nick Chiericozzi and Mark Perro, with drummer Rich Samis all returning from 2012’s much-acclaimed Open Your Heart. In addition, friend and producer Ben Greenberg (Pygmy Shrews, Hubble, Zs) officially joins the ranks as bassist on paper, and full-bore compositional partner in practice. Wayward brother Kevin Faulkner occupies his most substantial sphere to date, dreaming aloud on lap steel as before along with whatever else was demanded of him.  

The Men’s oft-cited commitment to their “no-one-is-frontman” maxim surely insists itself all the more emphatically here… so much so that it practically creates a new band in the process. This unique situation induces a fresh fluidity amongst their roles and instrumentation, allowing for an expansion of palette and a contraction of focus. Piano, mandolin, harmonica, four-part vocal harmonies and even no-input harsh noise all weave their way through New Moon. Spiritually, it is hedged with as much leaden dirge and ecstatic abandon, as it is genuine saccharine steel-string levity, and an ever-tightening, no apologies pop concision. Summarily: New Moon is the remembrance of why green grass has to lean on the dirt beneath; it is a love letter devoted in bowed humility to the grand continuum, exposing the hoax of the great divide. Allegiances to the glowing patinas of Detroit and San Francisco, New York and Nashville all abound, but ‘nostalgia’ is not her name. The essence of New Moon is to revisit — never retread. Vibrational bonds are the silver that comes to line the long road home.

News

• NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly features The Men's performance at the Troubadour May 9, 2013
• Straight reviews The Men's show at the Biltmore Apr 24, 2013
• Consequence of Sound announces The Men to play Outside Lands 2013 Apr 16, 2013
• Village Voice announces The Men to play 4Knots Music Festival Apr 16, 2013
• Pitchfork reviews The Men's new track, "B Minor" Apr 11, 2013
• Aquarium Drunkard features The Men live at WFMU Mar 27, 2013
• Pitchfork features The Men on Guest List Mar 7, 2013
• The Men discuss their new album New Moon Mar 6, 2013
• Stream The Men's new EP, New Moon on Pitchfork Advance Feb 28, 2013
• The Men on the cover of Village Voice Feb 27, 2013
• The Men premiere new single "I Saw Her Face" on Pitchfork Feb 22, 2013
• Listen to 'I Saw Her Face,' the latest single from The Men in Entertainment Weekly Feb 20, 2013
• The Men's Video for "Electric" Featured on Noisey Jan 28, 2013
• The Men announce new album New Moon and release new track Jan 9, 2013
• The Men's "Electric" receives Best New Track on Pitchfork Jan 9, 2013
• Hear The Men's new single "Electric" off upcoming album Jan 9, 2013
• New track from The Men, "Electric" on Steregum Jan 9, 2013
• Pitchfork selects The Men's Open Your Heart for their Top 50 Albums List Dec 20, 2012
• The Men's 'Open Your Heart' reviewed on Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks Dec 17, 2012
• The Men on Uncut's Wild Mercury Sound 112 from 2012 List Dec 10, 2012
• The Men on Stereogum's Top 50 Albums of 2012 Dec 5, 2012
• The Men's "Open Your Heart" featured on CMJ's Best of 2012 Mixtape Dec 3, 2012
• The Men to Play Sandy Benefit Presented By Pitchfork Dec 3, 2012
• The Men featured on HuffPo's Music Picks for 2012 Nov 29, 2012
• The Men make Paste Magazine's "25 Best Live Acts of 2012" Nov 28, 2012

Tour Dates

Date	Venue	Location	With	Tickets
Mon 5/27/2013	Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar	Charlottesville, Virginia
Tue 5/28/2013	The Earl	Atlanta, Georgia
Wed 5/29/2013	Bottletree	Birmingham, Alabama
Thu 5/30/2013	Circle Bar	New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri 5/31/2013	Chaos in Tejas (Festival)	Austin, Texas
Sat 6/1/2013	Chaos in Tejas (Festival)	Austin, Texas
Sun 6/2/2013	Free Press Summer Festival	Houston, Texas,
Mon 6/3/2013	Proud Larrys	Oxford, Mississippi
Tue 6/4/2013	Cosmic Charlie's	Lexington, Kentucky
Fri 6/14/2013	Warsaw	Brooklyn, New York	Black Flag
Sat 6/29/2013	4 Knots Festival	New York, New York
Mon 9/2/2013	Bumbershoot Festival	Seattle , Washington