Gogol Bordello Reveal New Album “We Mean It, Man!”

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)