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The Jackets explore the “Misery of Man” ahead of their upcoming tour.

Photography by Jean Baptiste Bucau

December 2022 saw the announcement of Wild Noise Records and its debut vinyl release from The Jackets with the single “Pie In The Sky.” Today, the single’s B-side “Misery of Man” is premiering via Vive Le Rock in addition to a slew of European tour dates beginning this month. 

Hear “Misery of Man” through Vive Le Rock

Chris Rosales explains the context behind the songwriting. “Misery of Man” is a song about humans’ strongest feelings and how overwhelming they can be for good or evil. Pain, fear, love, hate; these emotions can guide us into strange and sometimes perilous directions. This is Man’s misery – our misery and dealing with these emotions can seldom be simple. (Chris Rosales – 2023)
“Pie In The Sky/”Misery of Man” is The Jacket’s follow-up to their acclaimed Queen Of The Pill album and one of two confirmed 7″ releases for 2023. A cross-continental production, the band entered Shirt-Off Studio in Bern with Sebastian Zwahlen to helm the recording process and enlisting notable Detroit producer Jim Diamond to handle the mixing and mastering process. The artwork is the creation of the Bucharest-based animator Andy “Sinboy” Luke. 

Since Queen of the Pill‘s release, The Jackets have maintained momentum through tours across the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Mexico. No strangers to the European festival circuit as well, crowds that have witnessed the band’s aerodynamic and raucous live spectacle include Funtastic Dracula (ES), Cosmic Trip (FR), Purple Weekend (ES), Festival Beat (IT), EuroYeyé (ES), and Hipsville A Go Go (UK).

“Pie In The Sky” is available digitally through all digital service providers and will be released on vinyl in March 2023 via Wild Noise Records. Pre-orders are available here. 

The Jackets Upcoming Tour Dates

  • February 9th: Blah Blah (Turin, IT)
  • February 10th: Cloud 9 Weekender (Rimini, IT)
  • February 11th: Joshua Blues (Como, IT)
  • March 1st: Rössli (Bern, CH) w/Nestter Donuts + DJ Bone
  • March 2nd: Schüür (Lucerne, CH) w/Nestter Donuts + DJ Bone
  • March 3rd: Cafe Mokka (Thun, CH) w/Nestter Donuts + DJ Bone
  • March 4th: Amboss Rampe (Zürich, CH) w/Nestter Donuts + DJ Bone
  • March 30th: Irrsinn Bar (Basel, CH) 
  • March 31st: Gaswerk (Winterthur, CH)
  • April 14th: Wild Weekend (Mallorca, ES) w/Reverend Beat-Man, Holly Golightly, The Sex Organs, The Brood, The Stompin’ Riffraff, and more.

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Review: The Monsters – You’re Class, I’m Trash

Hailing from Bern, Switzerland, The Monsters are punk giants in their homeland who make unapologetic trash rock, as is evidenced on their newest album You’re Class, I’m Trash.

The album opens with the explosive “Gimme Germs,” and sets the tone for the whole record. You barely have time to breathe throughout it. “Smell My Tongue” belongs on a soundtrack for a John Waters film with its trashy lyrics and frantic pounding. “Carpool Lane” borders on sludge rock. “Dead” cranks up the fuzz on the guitars and vocals (Them yelling “Dead!”).

The guitars on “Stranger to Me” sound like angry hornets. “Blasphemy” is equally angry. “Yellow Snow Drink” is almost goth-country, and “Electro Bike Asshole” is back to the fiery punk (and might be the best punk song title of 2021). “Get Drunk on You” must slay live because it flattens your immediate surroundings coming out of your speakers as they subtly sing about oral sex with lyrics like, “I eat you, baby, and you eat me.” “I Love You” is a love song sung by a madman.

“Devil Baby” could fit into a 1960s Italian horror film (especially with the creepy opening piano chords) or an occult biker movie (with the wild guitars) with ease. “My Down Is Your Up” sounds like something Mr. Bungle wishes they’d written. The album ends with another, even spookier version of “Dead,” a live version of “Gimme Germs,” and the title track – which sounds like a runaway train in which the musical entertainment in the dining car is a zombie DJ playing scratched records.

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