Anthem for a New Tomorrow is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Screeching Weasel. It was released in 1993 through Lookout! Records. It is often considered one of the band's best albums.

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Anthem for a New Tomorrow
Studio album by Screeching Weasel
Released	October 8, 1993[1]
Recorded	May 11–12, 1993 at Sonic Iguana Studios, Lafayette, IN
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Length	33:38
Label	Lookout!, Asian Man
Producer	Andy Ernst, Mass Giorgini, Ben Weasel
Screeching Weasel chronology
Wiggle (1993) Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993) How to Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Album trivia

Anthem for a New Tomorrow was recorded after the Screeching Weasel returned from their 1993 U.S. tour, which was their last. The liner notes of the album read "Hey! You've heard them, now go SEE them!" The title is taken from the song "Second Floor East" from their previous album, Wiggle. Mass Giorgini recorded the album at his Sonic Iguana Studio. All songs on the album were taken from this session except "Every Night" and "Totally", which the band felt were better represented by demo recordings they'd done months earlier at Flat Iron Studios with Andy Ernst. After their last album, the band lost bassist Johnny Personality. Rather than find a replacement, guitarist Danny Vapid switched to bass and Ben Weasel took over second guitar. This later came to be known as the band's "classic" lineup. In contrast with the albums and EPs that preceded Anthem for a New Tomorrow, the vast majority of the writing was done by Ben Weasel alone. Only one song, "Trance," out of 18 was co-written with bassist Danny Vapid. Vapid later remarked that "to suggest anything else would've ruined the mix." The album has been described by the band as a concept album, dealing with issues of alienation, paranoia, and isolation in modern society. In the liner notes of the Asian Man released version of the album, Weasel and Vapid both say the sound of the album was heavily influenced by Wire's Pink Flag. Weasel has said that he wanted the album to sound "like a panic attack."[3]

The album was remastered and re-released by Asian Man Records in 2005.

Track listing

Personnel

• Ben Weasel - lead vocals, guitar
• Jughead - guitar
• Danny Vapid - bass, backing vocals
• Danny Panic - drums
• Fat Mike - backing vocals on "Peter Brady"
• Blake Schwarzenbach - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"
• Cassandra Millspaugh - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"
• Joey Vindictive - backing vocals on "A New Tomorrow"

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