Hakan shares new single/video 'Full Shitfaced in Madrid' | new album out on December 4th, 2026
Bergamo-based punk/power pop trio Hakan unveils "Full Shitfaced in Madrid", a new extract taken from their fifth album "V" out on December 4th, 2026 via Mom's Basement Records (USA), Shield Recordings (The Netherlands), Take The City Records (Spain) and Rockstar Records (Germany).
Like the well-received first single "My New Team", this classic pop-punk song is also about alcohol-fueled nights, this time in Spain. But hey, we can guarantee the band isn’t made up of alcoholics: some of these guys are family men, others run businesses. But when you are in a beautiful city, at a concert by a band you really love, with one of your dumbest friends, things can get a little crazy. Hakan's bassist Andrea Facheris (aka BRB) listened to the last Joyce Manor record a lot while writing it, but the real influence behind the song is what happened that night in Madrid - it was too much fun not to write a song about it!
Andrea (bass, vocals) explains: "This is the last song I wrote for the record. I’m a pretty shitty guitar player, but this time I felt adventurous enough to write that silly yet catchy intro solo/riff. Andrea, who is one of the top three guitarists in Europe, had a very hard time learning it, so maybe I’m a genius?"
Hakan formed in Bergamo in 2014, when guitarist Andrea Carminati, bassist Andrea Facheris and drummer Marco Facheris got together with a shared taste for speed, hooks and brilliantly stupid lyrics. All three contribute vocals and songwriting, giving the band that restless, collective feel that runs through their records. With four albums under their belt, Hakan have taken their particular brand of noise across Europe, as well as to the USA, Canada and Turkey.
Almost five years after Manifesto (2022), the band returns with their fifth album “V”, making it the longest pause between albums since the band was formed. You can hear that pause in the record. A lot happened, both in Hakan’s lives and in the world: post-pandemic society, life, death, near-death experiences, love and curses, tours, and the struggle to keep playing live music when you start getting a bit older but the world outside, especially your own city, still treats you like a child. Underneath the classic nonsense and hilarious-yet-clever lyrics, there’s a more cynical and slightly darker meaning hiding in these 15 new songs.
Trying to pin Hakan down to a single genre is probably missing the point. Their sound lives somewhere in the sweet spot between punk, power pop and garage - all played with just the right amount of recklessness. The songs are short, sharp and lightning-fast, rarely making it past two minutes. Double vocals, infectious choruses, flat guitars, many greetings: everything is here. With this new record, Hakan have stepped out of their comfort zone and tried something a little different with the songwriting. The main theme hasn’t changed dramatically, it’s still poppy punk rock at the end of the day, but there are more solos, more guitar work, and a production that, thanks to Sandro Specchia, digs a little deeper into the soul of the three-piece band. The result sounds fresher, almost like something coming from a brand-new band. And that’s not something you can take for granted on a fifth album.
Some might say Hakan is Bergamo’s - perhaps even Italy’s - number one garage-punk band. Think early Marked Men with a snottier edge, Radioactivity, Kidnappers, and even Mind Spiders. The band has a lot in common with the Texas bands: the same taste for acidic, melancholic melodies, and the unhealthy obsession with playing pop-punk a thousand miles an hour. But comparisons only get you so far. Hakan have their own thing going on: the songs are frantic but never sloppy, catchy without ever becoming clean, and stupid without ever being
