British punk-rock band Male Bonding, who made their full-length debut last year with Nothing Hurts on Sub Pop Records, are returning with their new album Endless Now on August 30. A couple of weeks ago, they released for free download their first new song from Endless Now called "Bones." To download that track, just plug in your e-mail at Male Bonding's Sub Pop Records page.Male Bonding promised a sleeker, more expansive sound on their new album. I don't know about sleeker, but "Bones" is more expansive for sure. The band is in no rush here, taking its time over six-and-a-half minutes to create mood rather than quick bursts of buzzsaw punk (the longest song on their first album is 2:45). Based on "Bones" alone, I'm going to be optimistically presumptuous and say we probably won't have to worry about Male Bonding's new album being a flop.
And just because I don't write about Male Bonding very often, here's a smattering of my favourite tracks from Nothing Hurts:
"Weird Feelings"
"Year's Not Long"
"All Things This Way"
"T.U.F.F."
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