In the space of 45 minutes, they:
- yearn for the "good old days"
- accuse backward-looking folk of being part of the problem
- attack the media for their role in motivating mass shootings
- provide an ode to those just getting by
- issue a call to take to the streets and firebomb everything
- celebrate those who keep pushing for peaceful but hard-fought progress
- go 100% fuck the police
- end with a ballad better than any they've written in the past decade
It's a surprisingly circumspect view of the social upheaval caused by rapidly changing views of morality. They were vocally in support of Sanders, so I expected this to be all POLITICAL REVOLUTION, but it's definitely not that simple of an album.
It really has to be listened to as a whole because all of the songs play off each other, but here's the first single off of it, which is written from the perspective of a mass shooter.
Also, I'm sad that the Barclays Center stop on their tour sold out in under 4 seconds, before I could get my ticket.
