The Mendozaz Reveal “The Completely Fictional History Of This Great Nation Of Canada” EP

Toronto’s Pop-Punk powerhouse The Mendozaz have released the eight-song concept EP, The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada, via Cartridge Heart. The EP is bookended by a pair of songs so preposterously profane that reinforcements were needed. Members of Joan Smith & The Jane Does and The Meringues were brought in to provide extra fuel for the f-bombs. The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada captures the reckless charm of their live show while pushing their storytelling and arrangements into sharper, stranger, and funnier territory. The band have also released a video for the focus track, A Piercing Shriek of Death, which sets the tone perfectly.

“This was the first song written for this record. It’s based on a very-true Canadian legend that we made up about an expedition of ice fishers being eaten alive by a school of great white sharks near Hudson Bay. I had an old recording of an instrumental jam we did six or seven years ago that I really liked. I channeled my inner Serj and came up with something unlike anything we’ve ever done. When recording the demo our engineer almost fell out of his chair laughing during the blood curdling scream. He’s okay (I think). I needed to be authentic while channeling the plight of the victims of this totally-legit horrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers.” (guitarist & vocalist Jonny Mendoza)