Brooklyn's Nick Chiericozzi, Chris Hansell, and Mark Perro formed the Men as a scuzzy post-punk trio in 2008. Before recruiting drummer Rich Samis, they self-released the albums We Are the Men and Immaculada, as well as a few tapes. The band recorded in Python Patrol studio for its Sacred Bones debut, Leave Home, which was released in 2011. They returned the following March with Open Your Heart (their first album to include Samis as well as bassist Kevin Faulkner), expanding their musical palette to meld country, psych, and surf influences with their caustic, aggressive rock.
Their fourth album, New Moon, as well as their Campfire Songs EP, arrived in 2013; by this point, engineer Ben Greenberg (Hubble, Zs) had begun his brief tenure in the band. The Men continued their musical evolution, as well as their prolific streak, with their fifth album, Tomorrow's Hits, which found them moving further away from their hardcore roots toward the earnest blue-collar rock of artists like Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. In 2016, the group revisited its noisy, more experimental side with the self-released Devil Music. Returning to Sacred Bones in 2018, the Men released Drift, their most eclectic album yet. Also that year, the group gathered tracks from early releases as well as previously unreleased material on the collection Hated: 2008-2011. 2020's Mercy was influenced by styles ranging from country to '80s arena rock. New York City, released by Fuzz Club Records in 2023, was a return to noisy, abrasive rock & roll.
Biography by Jason Lymangrover
There are other artists with the same name:
2. The Human League used the pseudonym to release the Chic-influenced single I Don't Depend On You in 1979, following pressure from their label to justify their large advance signing fee. The track resurfaced in 2003 with the re-release of Travelogue.
3. The Men is a Vietnamese pop music duo – Lê Hoàng and Tiến Dũng. Tiến Dũng rose to fame in the early 2000s as member of boy band Weboys. He left Weboys after his contract with Wepro Company was over in 3/2009. Hoàng used to be member of boy band B.O.M, he also left his band just a few months before The Men was formed.
4. 'The Men' are a Mod / R&B band from Sweden.
5. 'The Men' were an early 1990s Southern California rock group best known for the track "Church Of Logic, Sin, & Love." Two members of the group were, ironically, female.
6. 'The Men' were the psychedelic backup band for Shin Jung-hyun (신중현) during the early 70s. Their most notable album was 'It's A Lie' (거짓말이야), which included a blistering 20-minute rendition of the title track. They also appeared on a split LP with Jang Hyeon (장현).
The Seeds
The Men Lyrics
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I was making a promise of short love
We shorted all things, we shorted all time
I spoke of no fear, she might quickly ended
She might conceived it living beneath me
Finally I spoke, I spoke with measure
To all my friends coming here in time
And in my life that s what I hear
She s the one I d be
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
News like boots, not even those
Walls to bent, suck out tears
What can they say? Do you think I m end?
Through all I care, through all I wanna got
Telling every stranger, I m in danger
Oh, empty life, that s gonna end
Let s turn out the wind, let s window keys
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
In the morning life, and if it ends candle life
To the other I ll go watch me lady frog
And it blows
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life.
The Men's song "The Seeds" is a poignant and melancholic ode to lost love and the passage of time. The lines "I was making a promise of short love / We shorted all things, we shorted all time" suggest that the relationship was doomed from the start, made to be brief by the singer's own admission. The next lines, "I spoke of no fear, she might quickly ended / She might conceived it living beneath me / Finally I spoke, I spoke with measure" imply that the singer was afraid of expressing his true feelings, perhaps because he knew that the relationship wouldn't last. The repetition of "the rape of time, shaped seeds of my life" reinforces the idea that the relationship was a formative experience that has had a deep and lasting impact on the singer.
The sense of loss and regret is intensified by the lines "Oh, empty life, that's gonna end / Let's turn out the wind, let's window keys." The singer seems to be searching for something to fill the void left by the end of the relationship, but can't find anything that satisfies. The final lines, "In the morning life, and if it ends candle life / To the other I'll go watch me lady frog / And it blows" suggest that the singer is resigned to a life without love, and is left with only memories of what once was.
Overall, "The Seeds" is a powerful and introspective song that touches on themes of love, loss, and the passage of time. The lyrics are open to interpretation, but the sense of melancholy is palpable throughout.
Line by Line Meaning
In the evening s time
At the end of the day
I was making a promise of short love
I was committing to a brief love affair
We shorted all things, we shorted all time
We didn't waste any time
I spoke of no fear, she might quickly ended
I didn't express any fear that it might end prematurely
She might conceived it living beneath me
She could have interpreted my words as me treating her unfairly
Finally I spoke, I spoke with measure
I eventually spoke with caution and precision
To all my friends coming here in time
To all my friends who will come along later on
And in my life that s what I hear
And that's what I've come to believe in my life
She s no longer to mine
She's no longer in my life
She s the one I d be
She's the one I would have wanted
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
News like boots, not even those
Nothing that anyone says matters to me
Walls to bent, suck out tears
The walls around me make me feel trapped and sad
What can they say? Do you think I m end?
What can they say to make me feel better? Can they make this feeling go away?
Through all I care, through all I wanna got
Despite my feelings and desires
Telling every stranger, I m in danger
I'm revealing to everyone I meet that I'm struggling
Oh, empty life, that s gonna end
My meaningless life is going to come to a close
Let s turn out the wind, let s window keys
Let's change our circumstances and escape
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
In the morning life, and if it ends candle life
Life in the morning, and if it ends, it's like a candle burning out
To the other I ll go watch me lady frog
I'll move on to someone else and observe them
And it blows
And it all comes to an end
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
The rape of time, shaped seeds of my life
The passage of time has influenced my life experiences
Contributed by Taylor B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.