Formed​ by​ Brandon​ Hagen​ (guitar,​ vocals)​ and​ Drew​ McDonald​ (drums),​ and​ later​ joined​ by​ Zack​ Abramo​ (bass),​ Vundabar​ have​ always​ been​ imbued​ with​ a​ fiercely​ independent​ spirit,​ thei​r​ sound​ for​ged​ in​ mythical​ underground​ Brooklyn​ venues​ such​ as​ Silent​ Barn​ and​ Shea​ Stadium. After years of self-releasing, Vundabar recently signed to esteemed label Loma Vista Recordings for their sixth full-length, Surgery and Pleasure. It began with “I Got Cracked”—the song that would spark a whole new chapter in Vundabar’s story. The immediacy of the track drew much attention. Hagen, alongside his long time bandmates, was closing in on 30. Whatever came next on the other side of everything would have to be different.

Informed by Hagen’s years of isolation, loss, injury, and recovery, Surgery and Pleasure proceeds through a cycle of grief and the ways it manifests in unexpected forms. After all these catharses and journeys deep inward, it climaxes with a moment of resolution that reaches outward on “I Need You”. Sprawling out at six minutes, it’s tender until boiling over into a roaring finale. “It’s the moment of mercy,” Hagen says. “These are the things that connect you to anybody else. This is the moment outward, what comes after it.”

Released 3/7/25 through Loma Vista, Surgery and Pleasure is available here on limited edition, milky clear vinyl LP and CD.

Preorders for local, store pickup will be available at Grimey’s on Tuesday, March 11th.

Preorders for mail order will ship out from Grimey’s after Tuesday, March 11th.

*Preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your Surgery and Pleasure preorder no later than June 11th.