NEW 2026 PRESSING!!!(sorry: no download code)Ghosts by Marked MenWhen I find a new recording that I just love to death, it hits me like a fist to the chest, gives me this feeling that maybe nothing else can, an injection of life that spreads into my innards, like lightning or happiness or something, like it's going to be okay for a moment no matter what the shit is going on. Old records are like seeing old friends, wrap your arms around it and hold it close, which is just as great I think, just a different kind of good-time animal, but I live to find the new punk records that give me that injection, that feeling I can feel not only when I'm listening to it, but even when just thinking about listening to it, like just before I play it...and while this Marked Men record is an old record, it somehow gives me that new-music injection, and that's some amazing junk. If you ain't spun it for a spell, time again to crank it. If you ain't never heard it, just fucking crank it. It's one of the best. -- winchBlurring the rawness and velocity of their self-titled debut with the slightly more developed songwriting "chops" of the last two, the Marked Men have truly delivered the best of both worlds. Since their debut album came out on Rip Off in 2002 (reissued in 2008 on Dirtnap!), the Marked Men have established themselves as one of the best, most distinctive, compelling, and instantly recognizable punk bands of the 2000's. They're also one of the more influential. You can pop the needle on "Ghosts" for 5 seconds and instantly be left without a doubt as to whom you are listening. It ain't pop-punk. It ain't power-pop. It ain't KBD or '77 style punk. Marked Men sound like absolutely no one but themselves. This was their last album for a couple of years, as co-lead vocalist/guitarist/total musical genius Jeff Burke was living in Japan. We couldn't possibly be more honored that the Marked Men saw fit to return to our humble label."
