Los Angeles, California: It’s close to 45 years since Mourning Noise first came screaming out of suburban Lodi, New Jersey, but while they left precious little behind them at the time, few people forgot them and the self-titled journey through their early 80s back catalog that materialized back in 2021 was surely one of the most incandescent hardcore releases of the recent past.
Neither was it left to stand alone. 2024 saw Mourning Noise return, as drummer and founder member Steve Zing puts it, not as a reunion but a wholesale reinvention, “delivering darker, melodic music shaped by experience, attitude, and a relentless forward vision.”
Screams/Dreams was a fearless flash of high driven music, and now they’re back with more, following up acclaimed shows with Fear, Prong, The Misfits and Cro-Mags, and Zing’s role behind the drums with Samhain/Danzig, with Serpent Lip Service, a 12 track Behemoth that will be flattening record stores near you on April 17.
ust to get you ready for the main meal, however, “Live and Die For You” slips out of the album today, as both a single and a video that reveals the line-up of Zing bassist Chris Morance, guitarist Tommy Koprowski and vocalist / lead guitarist Robby Bloodshed sounding and looking sharper than ever. And Zing is right when he describes it as “a dark, emotional anthem for those who loved and lost. Crooning out the story of salvation and self destruction. “Love is spun, moonlit vision”. A tale as old as time, that we all long for.
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As for the album itself, Serpent Lip Service “signals a powerful new chapter for Mourning Noise, reintroducing the band with a fearless departure from its earliest incarnation.
Zing continues, “Driven by themes of loss, reflection, and resilience, the album channels the individual identities and musical diversity of its members into a sound that feels both raw and evolved.
“Rooted firmly in the band’s original punk ethos, the record pushes beyond tradition, blending dark intensity with a broad spectrum of influences to create a gripping, unpredictable journey from start to finish.”
It’s easy, sometimes, looking around at the state of the modern world, to wonder what the days of old would have to say about it. Serpent Lip Service is the answer to that question - and it tells you exactly what you’d want to hear.
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Mourning Noise Channels Punk Ethos Through A Darker, Melodic Lens with "Live And Die For You"
