Just Released April 29, 2008, Mindless Self Indulgence brims to the top again with another great punk rock album complete with fun comic art to go with it. Jhonen Vasquez’s contribution to the album art was also an amazing idea.

Vasquez adds that needed touch to this new stroke of genius. That’s right, another butting of heads, hard working, mind boggling chariot ride pays off for Urine, Rich, Linz and Kitty of Mindless Self Indulgence. Since 1997 this group of New Yorkers have always been independent ruffians out to have a good time, and have now come up with some truly amazing, this will be something difficult to top.

Each edition of this new album, If, contains different quirks, surprises and goodies throughout. Being as I’m not usually a huge fan of punk rock (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, or the Peaches are probably the closest I would get) this album blew me out of the ocean so much so that I’m keeping a keen eye and a hawk ear on the punk scene now thanks to this piece of brilliance.

From start to finish, this album makes you want to rock out, just as punk rock should. Each song’s lyrics, along with the musical quirks, tell a story from start to finish. “Issues” made me laugh with its intense but realistic sexy spinny sounds and “Evening Wear” made me want to go out and have fun just for me.

From the serious catchy lyrics to the poppy fun ups and downs of each song, this album will make a fun and necessary addition to your punk rock collection. Now it’s just a matter of which album edition you want to add to your collection. Have a look at the following descriptions of each edition.

The standard white album includes never seen before photos of the band designed by MSI and Jorden Haley. This edition includes the following tracks:

01) Never Wanted To Dance
02) Evening Wear
03) Lights Out
04) Prescription
05) Issues
06) Get It Up
07) Revenge
08) Animal
09) Mastermind
10) On It
11) Pay For It
12) Due
13) Money
14) Bomb This Track
15) Mark David Chapman

The deluxe limited edition includes a bonus DVD, a full leaflet containing artwork by Jhonen Vasquez. There are only 25,000 copies of this edition available and it includes the following tracks:

Disc 1 - CD
01) Never Wanted To Dance
02) Evening Wear
03) Lights Out
04) Prescription
05) Issues
06) Get It Up
07) Revenge
08) Animal
09) Mastermind
10) On It
11) Pay For It
12) Due
13) Money
14) Bomb This Track
15) Mark David Chapman

Disc 2 - DVD
1) Stupid MF (Live in Birmingham 2007)
2) Straight To Video (Live in Birmingham 2007)
3) Tornado (Live at Webster Hall 2005)
4) Animal (Live at Webster Hall 2005)
5) Animal (Music Video by M Dot Strange)

The Edited black version of the standard edition includes two never before seen photos of the band and one bonus track, Uncle, otherwise the same tracks are included as the standard edition.

The Vinyl edition includes artwork by Jhonen Vasquez, with a twist from the deluxe edition. It does not include all the album art as the deluxe edition but a choice few favourite pieces. As well, along with the purchase of this beautiful vinyl, you will also get a download card that entitles you to the entire standard version of the record. The vinyl tracks listings are as follows.

Side A
01) Never Wanted To Dance
02) Evening Wear
03) Lights Out
04) Revenge

Side B
01) Animal
02) Pay For It
03) Due
04) Money
05) Mark David Chapman

Side C
01) Issues
02) Get It Up
03) Prescription

Side D
01) On It
02) Bomb This Track
03) Mastermind

All are available now in stores, but the limited edition is running out so get down to your local HMV or Dr. Disc to snatch your copy. Mindless Self indulgence’s MySpace page can be found at myspace.com/mindlessselfindulgence