Honeys (album)

Honeys is the fourth full-length album released on February 12, 2013, by the Allentown, Pennsylvania based band Pissed Jeans, and their third since signing to US label Sub Pop.[1][2]

Honeys
Studio album by Pissed Jeans
Released	12 February 2013
Genre	Punk rock, hardcore punk, noise rock
Length	35:21
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Alex Newport
Pissed Jeans chronology
King of Jeans (2009) Honeys (2013) Why Love Now (2017)

Style

Lyrically, the album revolves around frontman Matt Korvette coming to terms with adulthood and working a middle class job.[3] He stated that "I think we've certainly moved further into adulthood and more responsibilities. We all have families of our own at this point, and generally just feel less like wild and immature kids and more like adults, which is a pretty horrifying prospect in a lot of ways....There's less teenage/post-teenage angst in our lives. Now it's all adult angst."[4] Korvette has affirmed that most of his lyrics are self-directed,[3] and range from addressing his misogyny ("I know I've been guilty of that in the past. And that song was just the apology for being misogynist throughout my life."[3]) to coming to grips with his own mortality ("I think about cancer a lot. It's a horrible thing. I wonder if that's what my demise will be. If I got hit by a bus, that would be so much nicer."[3])

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[7]
Popmatters	8/10[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Spin Magazine	8/10[10]

Metacritic gave the album a score of 82, indicating "universal acclaim" based on 33 critics.[5] Praising Honeys for its "roomier, more open sound" that gives "the album more of a snarling quality than its more guttural predecessor," Gregory Heaney wrote for Allmusic that "Honeys is punk rock for everyone who's had to dedicate less time to their ideals and more time toward paying the cable bill and buying diapers".[6] Describing the album as the band's best to date, Ian Cohen wrote for Pitchfork that "Pissed Jeans allow themselves enough versatility to keep Honeys intense and interesting throughout, fashioning a loser's history of alt.rock that honors some of the most abrasive bands to get a deal post-Nevermind.[7] Noting how Honeys further refined Pissed Jeans' sound, PopMatters' Matthew Fiander lauded the album as "scathing and brilliant".[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bathroom Laughter"	2:38
2.	"Chain Worker"	2:52
3.	"Romanticize Me"	2:12
4.	"Vain In Costume"	2:26
5.	"You're Different (In Person)"	2:34
6.	"Cafeteria Food"	3:36
7.	"Something About Mrs. Johnson"	1:22
8.	"Male Gaze"	4:07
9.	"Cathouse"	2:35
10.	"Loubs"	4:50
11.	"Health Plan"	2:16
12.	"Teenage Adult"	3:53

External links

• Pissed Jeans on Sub Pop
• Honeys on Sub Pop

References

1. http://www.subpop.com/releases/pissed_jeans/full_lengths/honeys
2. http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/records/303900-pissed_jeans_honeys
3. Cohen, Ian (12 February 2013). "Interviews: Pissed Jeans". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
4. Bevan, David (14 November 2012). "Pissed Jeans Come Full Circle On New Album 'Honeys'". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
5. "Honeys - Pissed Jeans". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
6. Heaney, Gregory. "Pissed Jeans Honeys". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
7. Cohen, Ian (11 February 2013). "Pissed Jeans Honeys". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
8. Fiander, Matthew (10 February 2013). "Pissed Jeans: Honeys". Popmatters. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
9. Mainzer, Jordan (17 February 2013). "Pissed Jeans: Honeys". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
10. Gross, Joe (13 February 2013). "Pissed Jeans, 'Honeys' (Sub Pop)". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 15 December 2013.