If you've the hit FX dramedy The Bear before and noticed the character Neil Fak rocking a hardcore t-shirt, it wasn't necessarily someone in the wardrobe department who made that call. The actor behind the character is Matty Matheson, a veteran of the Canadian hardcore scene and acclaimed chef and restaurateur.
Matty recently started a band with guitarists Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire, Gallows) and Daniel Romano (Attack In Black, Daniel Romano's Outfit), drummer Ian Romano (Attack In Black, Daniel Romano’s Outfit), and bassist Tommy Major (Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Young Guv) called Pig Pen. The hardcore unit recently played their first show at Sneaky Dee's in Toronto to a packed crowd.
Pig Pen is keeping the momentum up by announcing today that they've signed on with Flatspot Records, the label behind recent releases by Speed and Jivebomb. The new union will make its partnership official in record stores this late June via Mental Madness, Pig Pen's forthcoming 10-song debut album.
Along with the label announcement, Pig Pen have also dropped a music video for "Mental Mentality," a track from the album. The clip features footage from the hardcore outfit's aforementioned live debut:
The songs on Mental Madness were written in a day and self-recorded the next by the band members. Pig Pen then sent the tracks off to Arthur Rizk (Cavalera Conspiracy, Show Me the Body) for mixing, and mastering guru Alan Douches brought it across the finishing line.
Mental Madness will be out on June 27th and is available for preorder now through Flatspot Records.
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