All my friends are dead

Punknews reported today that Abacus Recordings announced they will release Swedish rockers Turbonegro‘s new record Party Animals in North America on August 23rd.

Licensed from Sweden’s Burning Heart Records, Abacus’ version of the Steve McDonald produced album (the band’s 6th) will include a bonus DVD of behind-the-scenes footage. The European version of the album has been available since May 9th.

And, if you happen to know a hardcore Turbojugend, then you’ve already heard this cd. And if you don’t… well, you’re a sad sorry person who is going to have to do a lot of searching on BitTorrent and Soulseek to find this fucker. Or pay obscene amounts of money to import it. Or wait impatiently until August 23. And even longer to wait for their decandently good live show to come through your neck of the woods (to date, the greatest experience I’ve ever had at a concert was crowd surfing and pumping my fist to “Get It On”).

To make the pain even worse, I’ll explain what makes this record so good. It’s better than Ass Cobra, way better than Scandanavian Leather, even more amazing than the incomparable Apocolypse Dudes. This is the rock ‘n’ roll album of the year. Turbonegro has finally figured out a perfect balance between rock, punk, and good ol’ fashioned shock tactics. It’s bombastic, fucking LOUD, and has resulted in a ten mile an hour increase in my highway driving.

To whet your appetite, check out a retrospective of the band’s older stuff at Something I Learned Today…, and the Turbojugend USA site has an mp3 off the new record:

All My Friends Are Dead

from Apocolypse Dudes
The Age of Pamparius
Get It On
Rock Against Ass

from Ass Cobra
Sailor Man

from Scandanavian Leather
Turbonegro Must Be Destroyed
Sell Your Body (To the Night)
Fuck the World