Gogol Bordello have today released their new full length, We Mean It, Man!, via Casa Gogol Records. Driven by relentless, primitive 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, Gogol Bordello‘s new album is a bold continuation of that electrifying direction. For We Mean It, Man! the band collaborated with Nick Launay and Adam “Atom” Greenspan to knock out a dozen super-punchy, hook-laden songs, fusing the band’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 the Steve Albini produced Gypsy Punks album. The band are also kicking off their North American tour today, including a homecoming show at New York’s Knockdown Center on March 27th.
“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”. (frontman Eugene Hütz)
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