I Got Heaven [Pink Vinyl]

Mannequin Pussy deliver their most expansive and assured record to date with this album. Released on 1 March 2024 via Epitaph Records, the band’s fourth album sharpens their emotional focus while broadening their sound. Working with producer John Congleton, the Philadelphia group move beyond the overt love songs and political flashpoints of earlier releases, turning inward to confront faith, ageing, intimacy and the ache of impermanence.

Across its ten tracks, I Got Heaven thrives on contrast. Songs lurch between blistering punk velocity, buoyant power-pop hooks and moments of bruised vulnerability, often within the same breath. Vocalist Marisa Dabice’s lyrics are confrontational yet tender, carrying rage and longing in equal measure. The record feels deliberately alive, restless and unafraid of contradiction, channelling desire as both a driving force and a point of fracture.

Critics responded in kind, with the album earning widespread acclaim and high aggregate scores. Reviewers praised its visceral immediacy, dynamic production and emotional clarity, frequently citing it as the band’s strongest statement yet. I Got Heaven captures Mannequin Pussy at full intensity, messy, self-assured and incandescent, a record that howls, soothes and ultimately refuses to look away.