Philadelphia-based punk band, The Menzingers, share the music video for the song 'Strangers Forever,' a track off the band’s forthcoming record, Hello Exile, out October 4 via Epitaph. The track is a searing tribute to parting ways, backing their spiky guitars with brilliantly barbed lyrics.

“Lyrically, the song is inspired by Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, Anna Karenina. In it, the character Darya Alexandrovna learns of her husband’s infidelity and declares: ‘Even if we remain in the same house, we are strangers — strangers forever!’” explains vocalist Greg Barnett. “The idea of becoming a stranger to someone you so intimately know stuck with me and became the overarching narrative to this song.”

Since forming as teenagers in 2006, The Menzingers have shown their strength as rough-and-tumble storytellers, turning out songs equally rooted in frenetic energy and lifelike detail. The forthcoming sixth studio album, Hello Exile sees The Menzingers take their lyrical narrative to a whole new level and share their reflections on moments from the past and present: high-school hellraising, troubled relationships, aging and alcohol and political ennui. With the band achieving that soul-baring intimacy all throughout the album, Hello Exile emerges as The Menzingers’ most emotionally daring work to date.

The Menzingers will hit the road early 2020 in Europe and the UK. Tickets are on sale now.

UK & EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR:

06/02    Southampton, UK Engine Rooms

07/02    Bristol, UK SWX

08/02    Manchester, UK Albert Hall

10/02    Dublin, Ireland Whelan’s

11/02    Glasgow, UK QMU

12/02    Newcastle, UK The Riverside

14/02    Birmingham, UK The Asylum

15/02    London, UK O2 Forum Kentish town

The Menzingers have announced an extensive UK and European tour, which is set to kick off on January 28 2018. The tour will comprise 19 dates across the continent, including a show at o2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London on February 3, which will be their biggest headliner so far on these shores. They’ll be bringing Canadian punk band Pup and fellow Phildaelphians Cayetana along for the ride.

2017 has seen The Menzingers release their much-celebrated latest album ‘After the Party’. The band followed its release with tours and festival appearances worldwide, including a largely-sold-out UK tour earlier in the year and a positively celebratory set headlining the second stage at 2000Trees Festival this summer.

The Menzingers set out to make the quintessential jukebox record with ‘After the Party’ and the result is an unstoppably melodic album primed for bar-room sing-alongs, which has also translated to enthused singing crowds in their hundreds and thousands. For all their anthemic harmonies, furious power chords, and larger-than-life melodies, the garage-punk four-piece are increasingly adept at delicately crafted storytelling and everyman romanticism. ‘After the Party’ ultimately proves to be a wistful but life-affirming reflection on getting older but not quite growing up.

2018 UK & European Tour Dates

Sun 28 Jan     Ireland           Dublin            Whelans

Mon 29 Jan    N. Ireland      Belfast           Limelight

Wed 31 Jan    England         Bristol            SWX

Thu 01 Feb     Scotland        Glasgow        SWG3

Fri 02 Feb       England         Manchester   The Ritz

Sat 03 Feb      England         London           02 Shepherds Bush Empire

Mon 05 Feb   Belgium         Antwerp         Trix

Tue 06 Feb     Germany        Frankfurt        Batschkapp

Wed 07 Feb   Germany        Karlsruhe       Stadtmitte

Thu 08 Feb     Switzerland   Zurich             Dynamo Werk 21

Fri 09 Feb       Italy                Bologna         Locomotiv Club

Sat 10 Feb      Germany        Munich           Backstage Halle

Sun 11 Feb     Austria           Vienna           Flex

Tue 13 Feb     Hungary         Budapest       Durer Kert

Wed 14 Feb   Germany        Leipzig           Conne Island

Thu 15 Feb     Germany        Nurnberg       Hirsch

Fri 16 Feb       Germany        Hannover       Faust

Sat 17 Feb      Germany        Hamburg        Knust

Sun 18 Feb     Holland         Amsterdam      Melkweg