NOFX Release “Double Album”

NOFX have today released Double Album that sees them reunited with Bill Stevenson (Descendents / All / Black Flag) and Jason Livermore (The Blasting Room) for production, engineering and mixing duties; it’s not hyperbolic to say NOFX are making their best music now. But that’s not to imply everything else they’ve done was mediocre, either. Double Album reminds both ardent fans and casual listeners that NOFX weren’t born to follow trends.

NOFX have carved their logo into the veneer of punk-rock culture for decades. With nearly 40 years in this circus, you’re going to meet people and do/see/conspire to get all the wildest shit done. Remember how one of the stipulations of the NOFX book Hepatitis Bathtub was that none of the band members could see what the other ones were writing about them? Well, this time, Fat Mike got permission to blow up the foibles and peccadillos of people in song for maximum velocity and hilarity. With all that in mind, at this point in your career, why do a double album?

 “It just seems like the right time. We have a lot of records. I’m not sure how many, I think we have 15 studio albums, with 10 more EP’s, three live albums, and 45 7″‘s. I wanted to do a double album cuz it’s a challenge and I don’t think there’s any really good double albums out there… I really like Single Album a lot. I like every song, but the songs on Double Album aren’t quite as good. All these songs were recorded in the same month, but I didn’t finish the second album until two years later. I think it’s a very enjoyable album, and maybe our funniest. I think it is what a lot of our fans will want to hear. I think it’s a great side three and four for a double album. I believe I accomplished my goal of making a solid double-album, but it just took a lot longer than I expected.”

Naturally, Mike has made a career drilling and riveting the “self” into “self-deprecation” and he’s sure as hell not going to stop now. The determination to continue making compelling music, keeping the bar high for punk and doing the best thing for their punk-rock legacy, makes NOFX simply unstoppable. The band’s 15th full length is out today via Fat Wreck Chords, an album filled with moods, tales and tempos slightly faster than an ice-road trucker backsliding down a hill. What’s their secret?