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Dropkick Murphys – return with politically charged new album ‘For The People’ & release new single ‘Who’ll Stand With Us?’

Dropkick Murphys’new album For The People shows courage and confidence, speaking up against the injustices happening in the United States, doing so with the strength and power that harkens back to Dropkick Murphys’ earliest punk rock roots. For The People is more than a title. It’s a heartfelt stance, a declaration of who this band is—and who they’ve always been.

For The People will be released digitally on July 4 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS], with the LPand CD release featuring 5 bonus tracks out October 10. The poignant album cover was created by renowned social/political artist Shepard Fairey‘s design firm Studio Number One, and the album was produced and mixed by longtime Dropkick Murphys collaborator Ted Hutt.

For The People rises to its moment: an expression of humanity at a time of relentless dehumanization, a promise of hope in an era fueled by fear-mongering, a declaration of solidarity in an age of disunion, a defiant rebuttal to the charlatans and demagogues who seek to divide us for their own power and profit.

 “Who’ll Stand With Us?,” the album’s first single, is a call for unity, a return to sanity, and a look at what – and who – is really dividing us. It gets straight to the point: When the billionaires and broligarchs get done neutering society, what’s left for the rest of us? The song aims to frame class warfare for what it is. And, like all Dropkick Murphys songs, it empowers listeners to take action. 

The powerful video for “Who’ll Stand With Us?” was directed by Jon Vulpine and depicts the disturbing reality of people disappearing in the United States. Meidas Touch Network, the U.S.-based pro-democracy news podcast (and the #1 podcast in the U.S. and Canada), took note, premiered the video, and has shown ongoing support for the band’s efforts to stand up against injustice.

The track listing for ‘For The People’ is below:

Who’ll Stand With Us?

Longshot (feat. The Scratch)

The Big Man

Chesterfields And Aftershave

Bury The Bones (feat. The Mary Wallopers)

Kids Games

Sooner Kill ‘Em First

Fiending For The Lies

Streetlights

School Days Over (feat. Billy Bragg)

The Vultures Circle High (feat. Al Barr)

One Last Goodbye – “Tribute To Shane” (feat. The Scratch)

   Pre-save For The People here: https://dropkick-murphys.ffm.to/forthepeople

Ian Mc Donnell

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