Mike Watt "Hyphenated-Man" 2025-03-28 Cover art by Raymond Pettibon

Cover art by Raymond Pettibon

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Marrying lean funk grooves to over-the-top orchestrations and trying his hand at Parisian balladry and a hushed

Mike Watt "Hyphenated-Man" 2025-03-28 Cover art by Raymond PettibonTwenty six years after The Minutemen's landmark Double Nickels on the Dime, Watt returns to the familiar punk and jazz influenced sound he and his band made famous. This time, it's more refined and more mature without lacking any of the energy or urgency of yesteryear. Hyphenated Man features thirty songs in 47 minutes with Watt on bass, his deep baritone singing melodies and reciting spoken word while the Missingmen (Raul Morales and Tom Watson) wail