When Matty Matheson isn’t busy being a chef, filming FX/Hulu sequence The Bear (he performs Fak), or posting movies to his widespread YouTube channel, he fronts the Toronto hardcore band Pig Pen. The group, which additionally contains his outdated scene friends Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire), Daniel and Ian Romano (Assault In Black), and Tommy Main (of Daniel’s solo band the Outfit), shaped in the course of the pandemic, simply made their stay debut final week, and have now introduced their debut album. It’s titled Psychological Insanity and shall be out June 27 through Flatspot.
Pig Pen say they had been impressed by the hardcore and punk they grew up with, and the ten songs on the album had been apparently written in at some point, and recorded the following. Arthur Rizk (Fucked Up, Energy Journey) blended the album and it was mastered by Alan Douches (Converge, LCD Soundsystem, The Dillinger Escape Plan).
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Matheson says of the album’s title and themes, “You will be having a fantastic day, surrounded by mates, and your mind can repeatedly damage it. Irrespective of how good or unhealthy your life is, you may nonetheless hate your self. I’ve acquired to ask myself why am I feeling the methods I’m feeling?”
The primary appetizer for the album is ripper “Psychological Mentality” and the video was shot at Pig Pen’s first present. You’ll be able to watch that beneath.
Pig Pen – Psychological Insanity
1. Rabid Seashore
2. Warmth Wave
3. Pig Pen
4. Energy Love Prepare
5. Psychological Mentality
6. Freeway
7. Venom Moon Rising
8. Downside Thoughts
9. Howl & Veil
10. XJXIXDX