Can you imagine Link Wray and Chuck Berry jamming with the rhythm section of The Rezillos with Iggy Pop and Stiv Bators trading off on vocals while hanging out with The Dickies? If you can then you already have an idea of what the new album by Jonny Manak & The Depressives will sound like. Cold Pizza And Warm Beer is Jonny’s fifth full length and will mark the third joint release by Self Destructo Records and Reach Around Records. Punk, garage, surf, it’s all there! Written over the course of a year, the album is comprised of seventeen tracks that mark thirty five minutes of music which touch on topics such as corporate life (“Money For Free”), food preparation laziness (“Cold Pizza And Warm Beer”), personal expressions with the recent passing of his father (“Read Between The Lines”) and going out and partying with his main squeeze (“VegASS”). Written, recorded and mixed at Jonny’s home studio (Cup O’ Pizza) with longtime Depressives producer Neil Young at the helm and mastered to tape in Los Angeles by Mike Wells of Mike Wells Mastering. Artwork and illustrative concept for Cold Pizza And Warm Beer created by PORK Magazine kingpin and weirdo art cult icon Sean Aaberg. Jonny handled vocal, guitar, bass and piano while Thor DSR hit the skins. After completing the record, they needed a bass player and Neil Young signed on. Cold Pizza And Warm Beer will be released digitally and on CD, cassette and on limited colored vinyl with vinyl shipping in early Fall, in time for their opening appearance with Mudhoney in San Jose, CA.
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