Gogol Bordello Unleashes New Album We Mean It, Man!
Produced By Nick Launay & Adam “Atom” Greenspan
(Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES)
“Life Is Possible Again” Video Out Now
February 13 – Today, Gogol Bordello releases new album We Mean It, Man! – the band’s “post punk revenge” produced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) and Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) on frontman Eugene Hütz’s label Casa Gogol Records. Following the previous video for “Ignition” featuring Liev Schreiber, “Life Is Possible Again” from the album channels sharp optimism against all odds with the music video out now.
Frontman Eugene Hütz says “The cyclical nature of time is a source of optimism. So, historically, is our ability to heal after catastrophes. We will need all of those sources of optimism combined once the current cycle of atrocities passes. Luckily, they are still there for us. This is what ‘Life Is Possible Again’ is about.”
The band is throwing an album release party tonight with SPIN at Silver Linings Lounge, featuring performances from Casa Gogol’s Puzzled Panther (featuring Brian Chase of YYYs), Pons, Mary Shelley, a DJ set from Eugene Hütz, and surprise special guests. They are also hosting a Bandcamp listening party on Sunday, February 15 at 2 PM ET.
Gogol Bordello has always been a band that grows a new sonic tail. Driven by relentless techno-like beats, optimistic energy, clever socio-political lyricism, the band grounds themselves in hyper-futuristic post-punk textures that entrance crowds and new listeners alike, inviting them into their “Wild Sonic West.” Inspired by and building on their 2023 collaboration with Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) on “Solidarity,” Gogol Bordello’s new album is a bold continuation of that electrifying direction.
The North American tour boasts support from Puzzled Panther, who just released psychedelic, Manchester-meets-New York EP Fits of Serenity, and Boris and the Joy, including a homecoming show at New York's Knockdown Center on March 27.
“Life Is Possible Again”: Watch / Listen
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For We Mean It, Man!, Gogol Bordello collaborated with Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) and Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) to knock out twelve super-punchy, hook-laden songs, fusing Gogol Bordello’s raw energy with and boiled down song form with electronic layers, loops and gated-drum rhythms – a bold evolution of the experiments first explored on Gypsy Punks (produced by Steve Albini).
Previously released tracks include uplifting dancefloor crusher “Hater Liquidator" and the gypsy punk meets hardcore title track “We Mean It, Man!." “No Time For Idiots" lands as a Strummer/Jones-esque riff-punk blast with a massive chorus payoff and their latest take on "Solidarity" again features Bernard Sumner on the Angelic Upstarts' Solidarność-punk anthem.
Frontman Eugene Hütz says “Gogol Bordello has always been a cross-pollinator. And We Mean It Man! brings all our original inspirations together more than any other: punk, gypsy music, hardcore, and techno. I conceived this album as a collaboration with one of my favorite producers of all time, Nick Launay, who’s been so much responsible for the flourishing of post-punk as a genre. In terms of boiled down multimedia collage this is the best Frankenstein we’ve done since Gypsy Punks. This is our post-punk groove revenge”.
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Gogol Bordello Photo Credit: Emanuela Giurano |
We Mean It Man! Track Listing
- We Mean It, Man!
- Life Is Possible Again
- No Time For Idiots
- Hater Liquidator
- Boiling Point (ft. Grace Bergere)
- Ignition
- From Boyarka to Boyaca (ft. Puzzled Panther)
- Mystics
- We Did Good With The Good We Did
- Crayons
- State of Shock
- Solidarity (Nick Launay mix ft. Bernard Sumner)
Gogol Bordello North American Tour Dates
February 21: Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI – SOLD OUT
February 22: House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
February 24: Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
February 25: First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN – SOLD OUT
February 27: Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO – SOLD OUT
February 28: The Union Event Center – Salt Lake City, UT
March 2: Revolution Hall – Portland, OR – SOLD OUT
March 3: The Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC – SOLD OUT
March 4: The Showbox – Seattle, WA – SOLD OUT
March 6: The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
March 7: The Novo – Los Angeles, CA
March 9: Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
March 10: El Rey Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
March 12: The Mohawk - Austin, TX
March 13: Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
March 15: Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
March 17: Brooklyn Bowl Nashville – Nashville, TN
March 18: Buckhead Theatre – Atlanta, GA
March 20: The Underground – Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
March 21: The National – Richmond, VA
March 22: 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
March 24: Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
March 25: Royale – Boston, MA
March 27: Knockdown Center – Maspeth, NY
ABOUT EUGENE HÜTZ / GOGOL BORDELLO
Eugene Hütz is a Ukrainian-born artist, songwriter, and frontman of the International punk band Gogol Bordello – a rare musical force raucously illuminating stages alongside System of a Down, Rancid, dueting with Regina Spektor and cutting albums with Rick Rubin & Steve Albini. A lifelong lover of the punk scene growing up in Ukraine, Hütz found himself where he felt he belonged, in New York’s Lower East Side in the late 90s, where he went to shows and later performed at the legendary CBGB. Crashing at friends’ apartments and playing acoustic sets in NYC Ukrainian bars, his group steadily grew to an 8-piece multicultural band, combining Eastern, Western, and Latin traditions. Hütz is a tireless advocate for Ukrainian solidarity, partnering with Nova Ukraine and ArtDopomoga, as well as putting together benefits with Patti Smith, The Hold Steady, Suzanne Vega, and more. Hütz has also appeared in arthouse films such as Liev Schreiber’s Everything Is Illuminated with Elijah Wood, Filth and Wisdom helmed byMadonna, and last year’s Vice documentary Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story (Executive Producer Liev Schreiber).
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