Screeching Weasel - Anthem For A New Tomorrow

Widely regarded as one of the bona fide classics of pop-punk, Anthem For A New Tomorrow is the album that helped define an entire genre. Released in 1993 on Lookout! Records and recorded at Mass Giorgini's Sonic Iguana Studio, it arrived just as Screeching Weasel had settled into what fans came to know as their classic lineup, with Dan Vapid moving to bass and Ben Weasel taking over second guitar alongside Jughead and Dan Panic.

The album is a concept record in the most unpretentious sense, dealing with alienation, paranoia, and isolation in modern society with the sharp wit and breathless energy that only Screeching Weasel could pull off. Ben Weasel has said he wanted the album to sound like a panic attack, and tracks like "I'm Gonna Strangle You," "I, Robot," "Thrift Store Girl," and the title closer deliver exactly that. Its influence is enormous. Critics and fellow musicians alike have traced a direct line from Anthem For A New Tomorrow to the pop-punk explosion that followed, with one writer noting that alongside The Queers' Love Songs for the Retarded, it stands as one of the two records that launched three decades of the genre.

This fresh pressing features the 30th anniversary remix by Mike Kennerty and remaster by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering, available on Blue/White Cloudy Swirl vinyl, limited to 50 copies.