Pissed Jeans
Pissed Jeans is an American hardcore punk band from Allentown, Pennsylvania. The band claims to play "loud, heavy, noisy, punk rock" and is influenced by 1980s hardcore punk and post-hardcore bands. The band have released several 7" singles and five albums, and are currently signed to Sub Pop. History. The members of Pissed Jeans all attended Nazareth High School and initially planned to use the name Unrequited Hard-On before settling on Pissed Jeans. As Matt Korvette explains, Pissed Jeans released its debut, "Shallow", in 2005 on Parts Unknown Records. This was followed by "Hope for Men  (2007), King of Jeans" (2009) and "Honeys" (2013), all released on Sub Pop Records. "King of Jeans" and "Honeys" were both produced by Alex Newport. "The New York Times" acknowledged the band for "bring(ing) back '80s memories of hard, slovenly noise, when punk bands realized they could slow down and let their music fall apart a bit"; however, the article also observed the "aggressive, nasty" reaction of attendees at a 2008 show, who evidently were unprepared for Pissed Jeans sonics: the concert goers "started to huddle defensively on the sides," with "the columns of speakers on either side of the  band...being used as something to hold on to. Average hipsters started to look like sailors clinging to a mast in a storm." Their album "Honeys" was released in February 2013. AllMusic noted that "Fortunately, when the world has you feeling trapped, Pissed Jeans are there to help you rage out for a bit while you find some perspective." In March 2013, Pissed Jeans was named one of Fuse TV's 30 must-see artists at SXSW. Pissed Jeans' latest album "Why Love Now" was released in February 2017.