Gogol Bordello announce new album "We Mean It, man!"
Hot on the heels of their recent run of UK shows, Gogol Bordello announce “We Mean It, Man!” – a new album co-produced by Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) and Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) out February 13, 2026 via frontman’s Eugene Hütz’s label Casa Gogol Records. Following the previously released gypsy punk meets hardcore title track We Mean It, Man!, second single Hater Liquidator out now is an uplifting dancefloor crusher complete with a positive message on how to get through on our “Roaring and Warring ‘20s.” You can listen to it HERE, or watch the video on YouTube below:
Gogol Bordello has always been a band that grows a new sonic tail each season. Driven by relentless, primitive techno-like beats, optimistic energy, clever socio-political lyricism, the band grounds themselves in hyper-futuristic post-punk textures that entrance crowds and new listeners alike, inviting them into the “Wild Sonic West.” Inspired by and building on their 2023 collaboration with Bernard Sumner (New Order, Joy Division) on Solidarity” Gogol Bordello’s new album is a bold continuation of that electrifying direction.
“We Mean it, Man!” is out on 13th February 2026, via Casa Gogol Records and is available to pre-order now HERE.
The band also teased a couple of new songs Ignition and Mystics, as perfect examples of this fearless and innovative attitude, where grandiose arrangements are distilled into an impactful post punk dance anthems.
The band’s legendary New Year’s Eve shows were also announced along with a North American tour kicking off next year on February 13, including a homecoming show to New York’s Knockdown Center on March 27 - Tour dates are available on the band’s website HERE.
For “We Mean it, Man!”, Gogol Bordello collaborated with Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Gang of Four, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) and Adam “Atom” Greenspan (Amyl & The Sniffers, IDLES) to knock out twelve super-punchy, hook-laden songs, fusing Gogol Bordello’s raw energy with and boiled down song form with electronic layers, loops and gated-drum rhythms – a bold evolution of the experiments first explored on Gypsy Punks (produced by Steve Albini).
No Time For Idiots lands as a Strummer/Jones-esque riff-punk blast with a massive chorus payoff, while Life Is Possible Again channels sharp optimism against all odds. Their latest take on Solidarity again features Bernard Sumner on the Angelic Upstarts’ Solidarność-punk anthem.
Frontman Eugene Hütz says “Gogol Bordello has always been a cross-pollinator. And “We Mean It Man!’”brings all our original inspirations together more than any other: punk, gypsy music, hardcore, and techno. I conceived this album as a collaboration with one of my favorite producers of all time, Nick Launay, who’s been so much responsible for the flourishing of post-punk as a genre. In terms of boiled down multimedia collage this is the best Frankenstein we’ve done since Gypsy Punks. This is our post-punk groove revenge”.
