The Garden: Kiss My Super Bowl Ring [EPITAPH]

Why you'll love it

Epitaph's pressing of the Garden's loudest record, with Dylan Brady of 100 gecs producing "Hit Eject" and "Lurkin'" and Kero Kero Bonito's Jamie Bulled on "Sneaky Devil". It swaps the melodies of Mirror Might Steal Your Charm for blast beats, shrieks and drum and bass.

This edition

• Epitaph pressing
• Eleven tracks, with guest production from Dylan Brady and Jamie Bulled

About the album

Brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears have always called what they do "vada vada", which loosely means whatever they feel like that day. On their fourth album that turned out to be crust punk; Wyatt said in a Reddit AMA that he'd been listening to Dystopia, Rudimentary Peni and Antischism. So there are tremolo-picked guitars, shrieked vocals and blast beats, but also rapping, surf guitar and the aggressive drum and bass that runs through all their records.

They produced most of it themselves, and the lyrics keep to their running themes of self-belief and pushing through, from "Clench to Stay Awake" to "The King of Cutting Corners". The promo shoot took place in a derelict house with a goblin-like creature called Jerimiah. We have no further questions.

Tracklist

Listen

On Epitaph (cat# 87742-1), first out in 2020.