Ministry Announces ‘The Squirrely Years Revisited’ Out 3/28

By Kyle Hansen 1 week ago
Ministry
Announces The Squirrely Years Revisited
Out March 28 Via Cleopatra Records
Celebrating The Early Synth Pop Years With
New Studio Takes On Hits Including
“Everyday Is Halloween,” “Work For Love” &
 “I’ll Do Anything For You”
The Squirrely Years Tour Kicks off April 29
With Openers Nitzer Ebb,
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult & Die Krupps
Tickets On Sale Friday February 14 At 10 AM Local Time
Al Jourgensen is finally making peace with the past. After the incredible reception to Ministry’s With Sympathy and Twitch-heavy set at Cruel World 2024, Jourgensen decided it was time to reexamine his long-dormant synth pop hits and give them a fresh polish 40 years later. The result is the forthcoming album, The Squirrely Years Revisited, out March 28 via Cleopatra Records.
Featuring 9 tracks (3 additional bonus tracks on CD), the album offers reworked versions of cult classic hits like “Everyday Is Halloween,” “Work For Love,” “I’m Not An Effigy,” and “I’ll Do Anything For You.” New music videos will soon be released for several tracks as well.
To celebrate the album and the new-old era of Ministry, the band — also including John Bechdel (keyboards), Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto (guitars), Pepe Clarke Magaña (drums) and Paul D’Amour (bass) —will embark on The Squirrely Years Tour beginning April 29, with a set dominated by Jourgensen’s earliest works. Opening support will come from Ministry’s old-school comrades, including Nitzer Ebb for the first half of the tour, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult for the second half of the tour; and Die Krupps on all dates. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 14 at 10 AM local time in each market.
“Since I hated my early stuff for decades, I decided to take ownership of it and do it right,” says Jourgensen.
The Squirrely Years Revisited follows the release of Ministry’s 16th studio album in 2024, HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, and comes ahead of the final new studio album from Ministry in 2026, a record that has Jourgensen teaming up with Paul Barker once again.
The Squirrely Years Revisited will be available in all formats including digital, CD and 4 different vinyl configurations. The full track list includes:
1. Work For Love
2. Here We Go
3. All Day
4. Everyday Is Halloween
5. Revenge
6. I’m Not An Effigy
7. I’m Falling
8. Same Old Madness
9. I’ll Do Anything For You
10. Just Like You [CD ONLY]
11. We Believe [CD ONLY]
12. Over The Shoulder [CD ONLY]
Preorder Digital copies of the album HERE
Preorder CD/Vinyl copies of the album HERE
MINISTRY THE SQUIRRELY YEARS TOUR
Joined By Nitzer Ebb, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Die Krupps
*Nitzer Ebb appearing
+My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult appearing
(Die Krupps appearing on all dates except May 8)
April 2025
29  Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren*
30  Albuquerque, NM @ Revel*
May 2025
2    Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
3    Houston, TX @ House of Blues*
4    Dallas, TX @ Factory*
6    Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern*
8    Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
9    Chicago, IL @ Riviera*
10  Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral*
12  Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage*
13  Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall+
14  Boston, MA @ Roadrunner+
16  Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount+
17  Montreal, QC @ MTelus+
18  Toronto, ON @ History+
20  Minneapolis, MN @ Palace+
21  Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre+
23  Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall+
24  Calgary, AB @ Palace Theatre+
26  Vancouver, BC @ Commodore+
28  Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo+
29  Spokane, WA @ Spokane Live Casino+
31  Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom+
June 2025
1   Salt Lake City, UT @ Union+
3   San Francisco, CA @ Warfield+
4   Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium+
5   Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues+
For tickets and more information, visit www.ministryband.com/tour
(Photo by Derick Smith)
ABOUT MINISTRY
Born in 1981 in Chicago, Ministry has been the lifetime passion project of founder Al Jourgensen, considered to be the pioneer of industrial music. In its early days, Ministry was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material in line with the new sounds and technology that were being developed in the ‘80s. Ministry’s output began with four 12” singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP With Sympathy in 1983 via Arista Records. As time progressed however, so did Ministry, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal albums Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989). With the release of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs (1992), Ministry hit an all-time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination. In total, Ministry has been nominated for a Grammy award six times. Eight more albums would follow before an indefinite break in 2013, only to be unearthed again in 2018 with AmeriKKKant, continuing to reflect Jourgensen’s views on the frightening state of society and politics. The 2021 album Moral Hygiene marked a new creative era of Jourgensen and the band. Ministry’s 16th studio album, HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES, was released March 1, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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