Men LP - Manhattan Fire (Rsd 2024)

The Men - Manhattan Fire (RSD 2024) A collection of demos from prolific Brooklyn outfit The Men, revealing early versions of the tracks that would go on to make up their 2023 LP 'New York City' - described by Pitchfork as 'an unpretentious garage-punk racket [...] summoning the snottiest ghosts of the city's punk past'. Recorded in mono and with a drum machine by founding members Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi over lockdown in late 2020 - before being shelved for the full-band, live-to-tape affair of the final LP - 'Manhattan Fire' shows a new side to those songs that's even more primitive and rough around the edges, as well as previously unheard tracks that never made it onto the album. Disc 11. Anyway I Find You (Demo) - The Men2. Eternal Recurrence (Demo) - The Men3. Eye (Demo) - The Men4. God Bless the USA (Demo) - The Men5. Hard Livin' (Demo) - The Men6. Peace of Mind (Demo) - The Men7. I See the Light (Demo) - The Men8. Long Black Rider (Demo) - The Men9. Manhattan Fire (Demo) - The Men10. River Flows (Demo) - The Men11. Roll Me Up (Demo) - The Men12. Round the Corner (Demo) - The Men13. Thunderhead (Demo) - The Men