Kendra Sheetz Toronto-based pop-punk band The Mendozaz has just released an eight-song concept EP entitled The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada. The album is out now via Cartridge Heart. All songs were written by The Mendozaz and recorded between This Place Needs A Name and Arc Recording Studio by Matt Gauthier (Handheld, Wasting Time), who also handled mixing and mastering.
In addition to the new EP, the band has also released an accompanying video-single “A Piercing Shriek of Death.” It’s a mix of heavy riffs, absurd humor, and unflinching commitment that defines the EP as a whole.
Band member Jonny shared the following about the single:
“This was the first song written for this record. It’s based on a very-true Canadian legend that we made up about an expedition of ice fishers being eaten alive by a school of great white sharks near Hudson Bay. I had an old recording of an instrumental jam we did six or seven years ago that I really liked. I channeled my inner Serj and came up with something unlike anything we’ve ever done. When recording the demo our engineer almost fell out of his chair laughing during the blood curdling scream. He’s okay (I think). I needed to be authentic while channeling the plight of the victims of this totally-legit horrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers.”
Check out the music video for “A Piercing Shriek of Death” below:
And stream the entire EP, The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada, below. You can also grab the album and some merch here too.
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