Catalog Number: PNE4103 Format: LP UPC: 810540036519 Eight years into their career, it was an easy decision for Bay Area punks GRUMPSTER to self-title their third album. "It feels like we're being reincarnated," beams bassist and vocalist Donnie Walsh gleefully.Produced by Brett Romnes (Hot Mulligan, The Front Bottoms), GRUMPSTER is the sound of a once-green act coming into their own as players and writers - as the now-quartet use their sweat-soaked punk rock flame not to set their past ablaze, but bravely light the path ahead. Hernandez's gruff vocals on tracks like "Bottom Feeder" and "Just For Fun" offer a grittier counter to Walsh's more saccharine delivery, while new textures, tones, and grooves expand the band's sonic playbook into post-grunge ("Grey"), fuzzed-out alternative ("Bern Needs His Meds") and 6/8 surf rock ("SSBpt2") without losing the passion fans have come to expect. "I'd say this album is about general suffering," Walsh says with a laugh. "Being alive is suffering sometimes. Compared to Fever Dream, I wanted to be more transparent and honest in terms of the lyrics; no metaphors or anything like that. I'm over songwriting that's trying to be clever. If I were to stumble upon this album as a listener, I'd know exactly what the songs were saying and take a lot from it - because it really do be like that sometimes.