Mooster Records & Nervous Nelly are excited to announce the release of “I, Statements” the first full-length LP by queer-core / pop-punkers the Homewreckers, fronted by artist, activist, and writer, Cristy C. Road. 500 copies pressed on aqua sea foam colored vinyl, the 13 tracks take the listener on a journey through depression and heartbreak,colonialism and gentrification, latina identity, and queer autonomy from the state.
The long awaited album was recorded in two days by Pennsylvania-based Michael Kerchner and mastered by Jade Payne of Aye Nako. While the album features instrumentation by past band members, new bandmates, Anameili and Jamie Nieves, have breathed new life into the band. Both new members are super stoked to be a part of this “band/legacy/sitcom”. Road says, “Our story has a happy culmination, despite the bittersweet journey it’s been, but that’s what pop-punk is for!!!”
With a firm belief that their everyday lives should reinforce the subjects of their songs, each member of the Homewreckers is active in their community. Their volunteerism includes Girls Rock Camp, Queer Rock Camp, and Brooklyn Transcore Collective, a punk collective in Brooklyn that focuses on highlighting transgender artists in counter culture. The band has even contributed income from shows to organizations like the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, Support NY, Ali Forney Center, Audre Lorde Project, Ferguson Legal Defense Fund, Girls Rock Camp, Queer Rock Camp, Fierce!, and the Black N Brown Punk Show Collective in Chicago.
The band plans to promote the album with a mini tour of New York City, Philadelphia, and New Brunswick this fall. Dates to be announced.
Pre-order for the September 4th release begins Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 and can be ordered at www.moosterrecords.com.
Interviews and download codes for review available upon request.
About The Homewreckers
The Homewreckers are a queer-core / pop-punk outfit from the salty depths of Brooklyn, NY. They were founded in 2008 when illustrator, Cristy Road, and her friend J got together to write emotionally-distraught pop-punk songs about crush problems and manic depression. Given the sexist and racist agenda that sadly informs the history of punk, navigating their way out of the dark clouds of Cristy Road's self-esteem took a minute... Eventually, they found their power after completing a couple of songs and forged through those invisible walls of self-hate with their first 7" in 2009 on Kissed Of Death Records with Crystal on drums and Frank on Guitar. With time, The Homewreckers grew, Cristy found her diaphragm, and the band transformed between several lineup changes and dark episodes. They released a split 7” with California punk City Mouse on Mooster Records in 2013. The
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