Half Divorced

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Half Divorced
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Studio album by
Pissed Jeans
ReleasedMarch 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)
RecordedMarch–June 2023
StudioTonal Park, Takoma Park, Maryland
Length30:08
Label Sub Pop
Producer
  • Pissed Jeans
  • Dan Godwin
Pissed Jeans chronology
Why Love Now
(2017)		Half Divorced
(2024)
Singles from Half Divorced
  1. "Moving On"
    Released: January 8, 2024

Half Divorced is the sixth studio album by American hardcore punk band Pissed Jeans, released on March 1, 2024, through Sub Pop. [1] It is their first album in seven years, following 2017's Why Love Now . [2] The album was produced by the band with Dan Godwin, and was preceded by the lead single "Moving On", released alongside the album announcement on January 8. [3]

Contents

Background and recording

The band recorded the album at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, Maryland. Singer Matt Korvette stated that "Half Divorced has an aggression within it, in terms of saying, 'I don't want this reality'. There's a power in being able to say, 'I realize you want me to pay attention to these things, but I'm telling you that they don't matter.' I'm already looking elsewhere." [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! 4/5 [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Uncut 8/10 [8]

Half Divorced received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5] Stereogum gave the album their "Album of the Week" designation, with the website's Tom Breihan writing that "much of Half Divorced is as surly and mean as everything else in the band's catalog" and calling it "some real prime '90s sludge ugliness". [9] Uncut wrote that "Matt Korvette is a misanthropic force of nature whether ticking off the negatives of cities from Boston to Rome ('Everywhere Is Bad') or addressing adult responsibility ('Helicopter Parent')". [8] Mojo felt that "Pissed Jeans' fist-pumping tunes, thrilling noise and acidic wit ensure their permanent bummer is always a good time". [7]

Olly Thomas of Kerrang! opined that "this time round, Pissed Jeans have pushed their typical pace from slurred sludge into hardcore territory" and concluded, "this fantastically punchy piece of work is so much more fun than you'd expect from anybody's sixth album". [6] Reviewing the album for The Quietus , Jon Buckland found it to be "packed full of pep", writing that "Seatbelt Alarm Silencer" is "a ramshackle speed race in constant danger of tripping over itself whilst the Philadelphians skate their closest yet to NOFX-style belters on both 'Cling to a Poisoned Dream' and the Pink Lincolns cover, 'Monsters'. Similarly, opener 'Killing All the Wrong People' sets the tone in both bludgeoning buzzsaw energy and as a conduit for their upturned world view". [10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Matt Korvette; all music is composed by Pissed Jeans, except "Monsters", with lyrics and music by Marshall Dickson.

Half Divorced track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Killing All the Wrong People"2:19
2."Anti-Sapio"1:40
3."Helicopter Parent"2:54
4."Cling to a Poisoned Dream"1:29
5."Sixty-Two Thousand Dollars in Debt"1:54
6."Everywhere Is Bad"3:35
7."Junktime"5:31
8."Alive with Hate"1:36
9."Seatbelt Alarm Silencer"1:27
10."(Stolen) Catalytic Converter"1:51
11."Monsters"1:24
12."Moving On"4:28
Total length:30:08

Personnel

Pissed Jeans

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart performance for Half Divorced
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [11] 42
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [12] 93
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [13] 30
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [14] 13

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