Video: The Mahones – ‘The Hunger & The Fight’

Canadian Irish punk favourites The Mahones have posted the first video from their recent full length record The Hunger And The Fight Part I,  released back in October. The video features the album’s title track and in a facebook post the band explained the 7 month delay between the release and the first video appearing:

“SURPRISE! We’ve FINALLY launched an official video for The Hunger & The Fight, the title track off of part one of our double concept album. Part Two is slated for release on August 18th, 2015. This song features the incredible Tara Slone (Joydrop) on guest vocals, and the film footage was shot over the course of the past six months on tour. Special thanks to our pal Dave Engelman for his concert footage, and Tara’s husband Joe for his great footage of her.

We’re going to start releasing videos for The Hunger & The Fight (Part One) over the next month. So why now? 7 months after the album release? Well, we were planning on releasing videos starting in December when we got home from our fall tour, but then (bassist Paul ‘Cuzo’ Mancuso) Cuzo passed away (in December last year), and we didn’t really have it in us. We were all distraught and miserable, and there was no point. Life was way too hard for a few months there. But, listening to the song now – you can’t help but hear his incredible bass lines. He was such a great musician, and the song is a tribute to his talent. The entire album is. It was the last thing he worked on before he passed, and he did a damn good job. We’re proud of him, and we miss him everyday. We dedicate this song to him every night on tour.

Anyway, enjoy. There are a lot more to come.”

Check out the video for The Hunger & The Fight below.