MENZINGERS - AFTER THE PARTY

1 Tellin' Lies
2 Thick As Thieves
3 Lookers
4 Midwestern States
5 Charlie's Army
6 House on Fire
7 Black Mass
8 Boy Blue
9 Bad Catholics
10 Your Wild Years
11 The Bars
12 After the Party
13 Livin' Ain't Easy

For their fifth full-length After the Party, The Menzingers set out to make the quintessential jukebox record: an unstoppably melodic album primed for bar-room sing-alongs. Delivering anthemic harmonies, furious power chords, and larger-than-life melodies, the Philadelphia-based garage-punk four-piece amply fulfills that mission while achieving something much more deeply nuanced. With it's delicately crafted storytelling and everyman romanticism, After the Party ultimately proves to be a wistful but life-affirming reflection on getting older but not quite growing up.