Replacements unveil new song 'Whole Foods Blues,' promise more tunes, documentary, vinyl box sets

Gone are the days of the Replacements writing songs about boners, tonsillectomies and hating school.

Nowadays, the reunited Minneapolis punk heroes are taking aim at more age-appropriate subject matter - like Whole Foods Market.

In the freshly debuted song "Whole Foods Blues," Paul Westerberg and the boys take a bluesy, loping shot at the health-conscious grocery giant, with lines such as, "I went down to Whole Foods / To get something good to eat / All I got was attitude / From your hippie hair, to your punk-rock feet." It's Westerberg's first occupational diss track since 1985's "Waitress in the Sky."

The 'Mats tested out the slow-burning number at recent shows in Portland and Los Angeles, Stereogum reports. The band is currently touring, although a sold-out May 2 date in Milwaukee is the closest they'll get to the Twin Cities.

But wait, there's more: Replacements co-manager Darren Hill recently revealed to Billboard that the group - which reunited in 2012 following a 21-year split - has recorded seven or eight new songs but has no plans for a formal release. Recording sessions will resume sometime in the near future, he added. So far the band has issued just one new song, the 24-minute improv-jazz jam "Poke Me In My Cage." (Hill also addressed the group's disappointing Coachella gig last year, where he discovered, "kids would rather be in an EDM tent tripping on ecstasy than seeing one of the best rock and roll bands in the world.")

The 'Mats do, however, have some tangible plans, as Hill teased a forthcoming documentary made in collaboration with "Oscar-winning filmmakers," plus the upcoming release of two vinyl box sets via Rhino Records, spanning the group's complete discography. One set will cover the four records for local label Twin/Tone — from "Sorry Ma" through "Let It Be" — while another will include the four albums for Sire Records.