The Mooney Suzuki Is Back With a New Release

Back from the depths of debt, a tragic cancer-related death in the family, being dropped from Columbia Records, and a revolving list of guitarists after Graham Tyler left the group, The Mooney Suzuki comes its new release, Have Mercy.

Whether that title means the band is asking for mercy from old fans or just life in general is undetectable, but reportedly, Have Mercy is one happy-sounding rock album.

Frontman Sammy James, Jr. says the lesson he’s taken from all of the hardship is summed up in the opener, “99%,” which is based on a Winston Churchill quote: “If you've been going though hell, just keep going.”

He describes the band's efforts to pull it together as, “old friends putting something they love back together.” The result is a different sounding Mooney Suzuki. James wrote all of the songs himself with just an acoustic guitar, not knowing if the band would ever come together again. Fortunately they did.

Mooney Suzuki will be touring in the New England area in February and SXSW dates are coming soon.

Mooney Suzuki Official Tour Dates:

February
14-Washington, DC@The 9:30 club
15-New York, NY@Rebel
17-Albany, NY@Valentines
19-Philadelphia, PA@The North Star Bar
21- Asbury Park, NJ@The Saint
22- Boston, MA@TT the Bears
23-Providence, RI@Century Lounge