Gogol Bordello – We Mean It, Man!

We Mean It, Man! was co-produced by Nick Launay, whose 40+ year run of musical partners reads like the Great Canon of avant-teasing rock: Idles, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Public Image Limited, Gang Of Four, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs(he did the one with “Heads Will Roll” on it. Dude is the Quincy Jones of the underground). And Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Nick Cave, Idles, Refused, Amyl and The Sniffers). The sounds here are massive, orchestral. Joining the band for the recording of this album is new guitarist Leo Mintek (ex-Outernational) and synth wizard and accordion goddess Erica Mancini. The musical animal – the hybrid beast – keeps growing new tails.