The Menzingers

Kerns
When
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Cost: $33
Where
1300 SE Stark St #203
Portland, OR 97214

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

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. On their new album Hello Exile, the Philadelphia-based punk band takes their lyrical narrative to a whole new level and shares their reflections on moments from the past and present: high-school hellraising, troubled relationships, aging and alcohol and political ennui. And while their songs often reveal certain painful truths, Hello Exile ultimately maintains the irrepressible spirit that’s always defined the band. 

The sixth full-length from The Menzingers, Hello Exile arrives as the follow-up to After the Party: a 2017 release that landed on best-of-the-year lists from outlets like Clash and Noisey, with Stereogum praising its “almost unfairly well-written punk songs.” In creating the album, the band again joined forces with producer Will Yip (Mannequin Pussy, Quicksand), recording six weeks at Yip’s Conshohocken, PA-based Studio 4.