NYC’s MakeWar have surprised us by dropping a surprise EP. The album is titled Stay and was released today, 15 Oct 2021 via Fat Wreck Chords.
Guitarist/Vocalist Jose Prieto has this to say about the title track:
Stay is a song about my dog Bruno. Bruno was the best dog. Well…he was the worst puppy and then he became the best dog. I had bruno from when he was born until he was 3 years old. I took Bruno to my parent’s house in Venezuela when I moved from Florida to New York. I can’t have a dog in New York city, I thought. Well, it turns out I could have brought Bruno to New York with me but when I went to get him my parents wouldn’t let him go. They had fallen in love with Bruno and said I couldn’t take him away from them. Bruno and I started growing apart. We used to facetime every now and then. When I visited my parents Bruno was there but everytime I left I felt that he was disappointed that I didn’t take him with me. Bruno passed about 3 years ago from stomach cancer. We had one last facetime session right before he died and Stay is about that conversation that day. We talked about playing catch one last time and how much I wanted to show him New York.
The EP features two new tracks, the aforementioned “Stay” as well as the humorously-titled “I’m Sure My Little Brother Never Listened to Lagwagon” (a play off of Lagwagon‘s 2008 I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon EP), as well as the previously-released “American Futbol” and “My Bones.”
Fat has the EP available on vinyl at their webstore now.
MakeWar are also going to be at Fest, and will be playing a short string of dates in Nov. You can listen to the new EP below, and check out those gig dates under the Spotify player.
29 Oct 2021 in Gainesville, FL, US @ FEST 2021
11 Nov 2021 in Buffalo, NY, US @ Rec Room
12 Nov 2021 in Lancaster, PA, US @ Tellus360
13 Nov 2021 in Woodstock, NY, US @ Colony
14 Nov 2021 in Worcester, MA, US @ Palladium
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