My New Favorite Band (An Occasional Series)

From their forthcoming (November 3) 8-song EP The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada (heh) please enjoy Toronto pop/punk powerhouse The Mendozaz and the utterly amazing lead-off track "Late Stage 12 Gauge."

Inspirational verse:

Why do I
Always have to
Come up through the cellar
When all we ever do
Is watch Penn and Teller

Seriously, what a terrific song and hilarious video. Plus, as you have doubtless intuited, it's depressingly relevant to our current cultural climate, if I make a Charlie Kirk reference without being dragged from my apartment by masked ICE agents dispatched by Pam Bondi. 😎

In any case, these guys -- who've been around without registering on my radar since 2017 -- have three previous albums on their resume, and all of them presumably display the same vastly entertaining mix of melodic guitar hooks and snot-nosed harmonies.

You can download the earlier stuff and pre-order the new one over at their Bandcamp site HERE. They also appear to have an official website where, presumably, you can learn more about them, but at the moment I can't get the link to work; I'll see if I can get that resolved and get back to you.

Now excuse me, I have to go get my shotgun and head off for a discussion with a certain Shady Dame of my acquaintance. 😎😎