EDITORIAL REVIEWS
The Men live: Laneway Festival, 28th January 2013, Auckland, Silopark
On Open Your Heart, The Men's 3rd full length, the quartet explores twangy country music, guitar solos, surf-ish riffs, psych, and just about everything in between.Erring on the side of literal as opposed to ironic, the song titles here ("Oscillation", "Country Song", "Ex-Dreams") blatantly celebrate the band's "you get what you pay for" DIY aesthetic.Beyond their genre defying writing experiments, some of the band's finest singles to date are on this record; "Open Your Heart," "Please Don't Go Away," and "Candy" all demonstrate a new pop sensibility that previous albums only hinted at.Additionally, having four songwriters in the band lends itself to a truly unpredictable and thrilling live experience.With Open Your Heart, The Men embrace what is truly their calling, and flower into the fully diversified punk band their fans have always championed them for being.