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- Summary: The eighth full-length release from Philadelphia punk band The Menzingers was recorded in Texas and produced by Brad Cook.
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- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Oct 16, 2023It’s all written with smartness, a rough, street poetry, and a huge dollop of Americana populated by burned-out restaurants and big cars and rock’n’roll dreamers and John Hughes suburbia.
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Oct 16, 2023Some of It Was True feels like a noteworthy stepping stone to the next era of The Menzingers with moments of moving songwriting and masterful musicianship that build on the ironclad legacy of one of Philadelphia’s greatest artistic offerings.
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Oct 16, 2023Some of It Was True finds the Menzingers growing up, not too fast and not too slow.
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Mar 13, 2024This isn't a swing and a miss, nor is it a home run. It is an emphatic, resounding and diminutive crack to the wall, with a band that knows how to diligently round base cooly, calmly and collectively.
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Oct 16, 2023Its strongest moments don’t quite stand with the best that The Menzingers discography has to offer, but they’re well worth a listener’s time and showcase the group’s inherent songwriting prowess. What’s sad is to see a band now nearly 20 years into the career suddenly desiring to be entirely different, independent of the type of music they are writing and releasing.
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 14, 2023'Zingers exhibit a whole lotta heart. But sometimes heart alone's not enough. [Dec 2023, p.79]