Gogol Bordello Return With New Single “We Mean It, Man!” Out Now
Gogol Bordello released a brand new single entitled “We Mean It, Man!” via founder and Ukrainian frontman Eugene Hütz’s Casa Gogol Records. The song marks the group’s first original music since 2022 and it precedes their upcoming two-month European headline tour.
“We Mean It, Man!” embodies the unpredictable hallmarks of Gogol Bordello’s enigmatic signature sound that’s remained beloved by audiences worldwide for nearly three decades. The track was produced and mixed by Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Idles, Nick Cave, Bloc Party) and is a terse, distorted guitar-driven punky call-to-arms. Frontman Hütz, alternates between intense growling and melodic chanting on the chorus, “We mean it, man!”; a song for these times!
Eugene Hütz says “‘We Mean It, Man!’ is like taking the inner temperature of the eternal seeker and surfer of positive vibrations. It’s someone who is bellydancing on status quo-tables and healing itself from the world’s lies and irony while reaching for rays of joyous healing unity. This is the inner temperature of Gogol Bordello.”
“We Mean It, Man!”: Listen / Watch
Gogol Bordello’s fall tour launches on September 12 in Amsterdam, NL. It canvases mainland Europe, visiting Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and more. Finally, Gogol Bordello touch down in Brighton on October 24 for the tour’s UK leg, continuing with dates in Manchester, Glasgow, and London where the tour concludes with two shows October 31 and November 1. They will be joined by support acts Son Rompe Pera, Split Dogs, & Puzzled Panther, who just released psychedelic Manchester-meets-New York EP Fits of Serenity. Full tour dates here.
In June, alt rock band The Yagas, fronted by Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Vera Farmiga, and Gogol Bordello released the official studio version of their take on the popular Ukrainian love song “Chervona Ruta” in celebration of the big Ukrainian summer holiday Kupala Night and raising awareness for UNITED24. Not to mention, Agnostic Front lead guitarist Vinnie Stigma released his new Americana album, The Outlaw Vinnie Stigma, via Eugene Hütz’s Casa Gogol Records, in conjunction with Generation Records. The two celebrated with release with four special shows in Brooklyn, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Baltimore, MD and Washington, D.C. – featuring special guests from Michael Imperioli’s band ZOPA, Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits), and Jesse Wagner (Aggrolites).
The following month, Gogol Bordello embarked on a California tour with Grace Bergere that included a stop at Vans Warped Tour in Long Beach, before capping off the summer with a headlining performance at a full-capacity Celebrate Brooklyn! on August 2.
Stay tuned for more music and news from Gogol Bordello coming soon.
ABOUT EUGENE HÜTZ / GOGOL BORDELLO
Eugene Hütz is a Ukrainian-born artist, songwriter, and frontman of the International punk band Gogol Bordello – a rare musical force raucously illuminating stages alongside System of a Down, Rancid, and Dropkick Murphys, dueting with Regina Spektor and cutting albums with Rick Rubin & Steve Albini. A lifelong lover of the punk scene growing up in Ukraine, Hütz found himself where he felt he belonged, in New York’s Lower East Side in the late 90s, where he went to shows and later performed at the legendary CBGB. Crashing at friends’ apartments and playing acoustic sets in NYC Ukrainian bars, his group steadily grew to an 8-piece multicultural band, combining Eastern, Western, and Latin traditions. Hütz is a tireless advocate for Ukrainian solidarity, partnering with Nova Ukraine and ArtDopomoga, as well as putting together benefits with Patti Smith, The Hold Steady, Suzanne Vega, Magnetic Fields, Matisyahu, and more. Hütz has also appeared in arthouse films such as Liev Schreiber’s Everything Is Illuminated with Elijah Wood, Filth and Wisdom helmed by Madonna, and last year’s Vice documentary Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story (Executive Producer Liev Schreiber).
Eugene Hütz - Photo Credit: Willy Somma
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