Mike Watt "Hyphenated-Man" 2025-03-28 Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell

Mike Cooley and Jason Isbell

and the words "indie pop" suddenly sounds fresh and alive

Subsequent reissues feature a different cover

alternative and metal genres

according to conversations with my students

Mike Watt "Hyphenated-Man" 2025-03-28 Mike Cooley and Jason IsbellTwenty 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