We're Never Going Home

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"We're Never Going Home" is the first DVD release of the Gainesville folk punk band Against Me!, produced by Jake Burghart of Transition Video Magazine and presented by Fat Wreck Chords. The feature presentation of the DVD follows the band on their United States tour that spanned from April 1st to May 2nd of 2004 and, alongside Against Me!, featured the Illinois hardcore punk band Planes Mistaken for Stars and the United Kingdom native punk band No Choice.

Jake Burghart focuses on the relentless pressure on the band coming from major record companies looking to produce the band's upcoming album as the band struggles to decide what steps to take. With the release of the widely successful As the Eternal Cowboy (2003) on Fat Wreck Chords the prior year, various record companies (named in the film, among them Warner Bros. Records) took notice of the commercial potential of the band and, as illustrated in the DVD, took to wining and dining with Against Me!. Oppositely, the film features brief interviews from those who oppose the band's signing to larger labels on DIY and anarchist principles, including a pair of interviews from DIY folk punk band Ghost Mice. The interviews from both sides offer insight into what pressures face the band and shed light on the moral dilemma that confuses and frustrates the band.

The film illustrates the classic life of a rock band on tour, with the band and friends pulling ridiculous pranks and spending the month drunk. However, as Tom Gabel indicates in a statement on the back of the DVD case, "this isn't meant to be a representation of who we are as people. Just who we were right then."

Musically, the DVD contains live performances from the tour, with songs spanning their musical career. The extra features include many performances that were not a part of the feature presentation, including some much older footage from before the band was as it is today.