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said the songs on the album were inspired by the current climate in politics and it was a driving force behind its poignant and at times, heated sound: “It feels like unhinged hatred. And the wheels are coming off, but not fast enough for me. For me the whole thing is just lies on top of hatred on top of really stupid thinking. So yes, all that is going to get into the music. It has to.”

Track listing

# "Green Bay, Wisconsin" # "The Constant" # "Wonderful Day For the Race" # "Unified" # "Divide" # "Closer to Nowhere" # "Walked Like a Ghost" # "The West Ends" # "Here We Are" # "The Mad Dash" # "Absolutely Wrong" # "In Honor Of" # "Hugo's Wife" # "After the Music Is Over" # "He Kept Mum" † † available only on the vinyl edition of the album.

Personnel

;The Mighty Mighty Bosstones *

– lead vocals * Lawrence Katz – guitar, backing vocals *

Joe Gittleman Joe Gittleman (born April 6, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. His proficiency on bass earned him the nickname "the Bass Fiddleman." Career Gittlema ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Joe Sirois Joe Sirois (born January 25, 1972) is an American drummer who plays with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He also played drums for the Boston-based band Street Dogs from 2004 to 2007. Sirois, who grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, knew Bosstone's fr ...

– drums *

Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton Tim Burton (born John Timothy Burton; 1963), known professionally as Johnny Vegas, is an American musician who played saxophone for the band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Burton was one of the four remaining founding band members when the Bosstone ...

– saxophone *

John Goetchius John "JG" Goetchius is an American keyboardist, best known for his work with Boston ska-core band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Career Born and raised in Massachusetts, Goetchius played keys for a number of Boston bands throughout the 1980s and ...

– keyboards *

Chris Rhodes Chris Rhodes is a trombone player from New Haven, Connecticut best known for playing trombone in several notable ska bands including Spring Heeled Jack, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bim Skala Bim and the Toasters as well as Connecticut funk band, ...

– trombone * Leon Silva - saxophone, backing vocals * Ben Carr – Bosstone, backing vocals

References

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