One of the east coast’s standout pop acts, you aren’t going to want to miss what I’ve already come to describe as “Boston’s best kept secret” for good reason.. they make dark pop and sugary death songs better than most anybody else I know.
— Ryan’s Smashing Life

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Red Shirts is The Longwalls’ first full-length studio effort since 2015’s Gold Standard.

Some of these songs were demo’d nearly 15 years ago when the band was first getting started. Some were floating around in heads for nearly as long but never quite materialized. Some were written while the album was being recorded in the studio Brandon built in the basement of his home in Jamaica Plain, MA.

One of these songs is about strange disappearances of men around Boston. One of these songs is about feeling passed by. One of these songs claims to know the truth about Billy Shears.

All of these songs were tracked by the band on their own, an approach they took with their 2008 debut as well as 2012’s much beloved Kowloon. All of these songs were slated for release nearly two years ago. Short-run, lathe-cut vinyl was produced from the original mixes by Brandon and Kurt in mid 2019. The band played the Jamaica Plain Music Festival.

But then things got complicated, and the album was put on ice. After a while a certain restlessness took root. Sonic freezer burn had set in and all these songs needed to somehow sound fresh again. And they do, thanks to a new set of mixes by Benny at Mad Oak Studios.

Now, all these songs are both old and new. Both pre- and nearly post. And long overdue.

Mining the edges of indie, folk, punk, and twang, The Longwalls make American Pop music.