THE MEN - Leave Home (10th Anniv. Ed.) - LP - White Vinyl

LABEL: Sacred Bones

CAT NO: SBR57LPC2

BARCODE: 843563138069

Tracklisting:

1. If You Leave… [7:37]
2. Lotus [3:06]
3. Think [03:37]
4. L.A.D.O.C.H. [06:02]
5. () [05:47]
6. Bataille [04:15]
7. Shittin’ With the Shah [04:52]
8. Night Landing [05:57]

THE MEN – Leave Home
[10th Anniversary Edition]

LP – Limited Edition White Vinyl

The Men’s hugely influential album Leave Home came out during an exciting time in New York City. DIY lofts and shitty bars littered downtown Manhattan and North Brooklyn. The Acheron had just opened its doors. Kill Your Idols had broken up. Toxic State Records was just getting started with Crazy Spirit, Dawn of Humans, Hank Wood and Perdition EP’s. The city was alive with punk and noise and filth. And right at that time, The Men were the show to be at. Every gig was dripping with sweat. Hallways and sidewalks were packed between sets. Chaos reigned in the pit. The Men hit like a bag of hard cement, a hardcore band with a familiar sound but with an aura of absolute chaos and intensity, like everything was on the brink of going off the rails at every moment of their set, a downhill freight train with no brakes.

There is no doubt that Leave Home was one of the most influential records of the last decade. You can hear their mark everywhere from Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees to Milk Music and Hank Wood. Few bands have traversed as many genres as The Men and even fewer have done it so well. It is a testament to the band’s undying authenticity and adventurism that the record sounds as timeless and urgent now as it did when it blew the doors of New York punk off its hinges ten years ago, leaving a giant hole for bands of all kinds to come racing through.