Name: Half Divorced
Brand: Pissed Jeans

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1599RT

Colour

Magenta

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r29975212]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

098787159936

Total Cap

Magenta LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

SP1599X

Green

Coke Bottle Green

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format: No

098787159905

Green LP

SPCD1599

Gatefold Altpack

098787159929

Artist

Pissed Jeans

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sub Pop

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Pissed Jeans is an American noise rock band hailing from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Known for their raw and energetic sound, they have been making waves in the music scene since their formation.

With influences ranging from *Part Chimp* to *The Jesus Lizard*, *Mclusky* to *Young Widows*, Pissed Jeans has carved out a unique place in the genre. Their music combines elements of punk, hardcore, and garage rock to create a truly powerful sonic experience.

Having shared the stage with notable acts such as *Hot Snakes* and *Fucked Up*, Pissed Jeans has built a dedicated fanbase that appreciates their intense live performances. Their discography includes albums like "Honeys" and "Why Love Now", which showcase their ability to deliver gritty lyrics with unapologetic fervor.

Short for "Subterranean Pop" 

The label was an outgrowth of [a=Bruce Pavitt]'s Olympia, WA based (print) fanzine, which became the well respected cassettezine of the same name. 

After his move to Seattle he ran a music column in the Seattle Rocket also called Sub Pop.

After initial forays into the record label world with a [a=Green River] 7" (not officially on Sub Pop) and the Sub Pop 100 LP, the label exploded onto the indie scene with four influential colored vinyl 7"s which included [a=Mudhoney]'s "Touch Me I'm Sick" which made the year-end top 10 playlist of nearly every music journalist in the world.

Subsequent hyping of the label in the English music press put them on the map, and grunge was born.

Label-Code is 03159; rarely found printed on releases (basically only on releases manufactured/licensed by Warner/WEA Germany)

Newest Listed Items

Pissed Jeans return with one of their most urgent, scorching albums to date. Believe us when we say this is a raging and essential listen. Pissed Jeans has never been a band that goes halfway - they're known for their feral vocals, biting lyrics, buzzsaw guitars, and unhinged live shows, and their sixth album, Half-Divorced is no exception. These songs skewer the tension between youthful optimism and the sobering realities of adulthood, and when viewed through frontman Matt Korvette's scowl, everything takes on a level of violent absurdity.Pissed Jeans' notorious acerbic sense of humor remains sharper than ever as they dismember some of the joys that contemporary adult life has to offer, from helicopter parents to stolen catalytic converters to being $62,000 in debt. On "Seatbelt Alarm Silencer," Korvette growls, "Call it a death drive but that ain't fair / Drive implies I'm headed somewhere."Korvette, Brad Fry (guitar), Randy Huth (bass), and Sean McGuinness (drums) weren't in any rush to finish Half-Divorced, which was recorded by Don Godwin at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, Maryland. "We're not the kind of band that bangs out a new record every two years," Korvette said. "Pissed Jeans is truly like an art project for us, which is what makes it so fun." This lack of restraint rages within the songs that unexpectedly veer into classic hardcore punk territory-often coming in at under two minutes long and erupting like the "butane tank explosion" Korvette sings about in "Junktime."In the last song, "Moving On," Korvette sneers, "Cheesing into my camera phone / Pretending that I'm not alone / Life's the first thing that we all postpone." One gets the sense that Pissed Jeans refuses to "postpone" life in quite the same way-life, like art, is something that happens now, not later.

Half Divorced 

Music GB

Discover Half Divorced by Pissed Jeans. Urgent and scorching album from the punk rock band. Available in CD format. Label: Sub Pop.