If It's Too Loud...

Remember earlier this month when we brought you RebUke , a three song EP of anti-Trump protest songs from Milo Aukerman recorded on ukulele because he wanted to get those songs out faster than he could with the Descendents? Well... we now have two of those three songs recorded with the band! Suffrage is a new two song single from the Descendents that includes the two songs "On You" and "Hindsight 2020." This time the anger in Milo's lyrics and vocals is matched by the music. The Descendents have never truly been an overtly political band, but on Suffrage they go all out with politics. There's no questioning what they mean with lyrics like "#MAGA MAGA / What a fucking joke." You can watch the lyric video for "On You" below. Suffrage is available now via Epitaph Records here . For more on the Descendents, check out their website/Tumblr .

Here's a sentence I never ever thought I'd write: Milo Aukerman of the Descendents has released an anti-Trump EP that recorded on the ukulele. These three songs were originally recorded for his band, but he wanted to get them released before the election, so he cranked out these three songs solo. I can guarantee that you've never heard anything this angry on a ukulele before, or probably ever will. It has the full range of Aukerman's anger that we've ever heard before. In fact, I don't think we've ever heard him this angry before. Sure, there are some other instruments, like some electric guitar and cowbell, but it's mostly just Aukerman and a ukulele. And it's simply great. Milo Aukerman says of the songs on 45...Not a LP:  “I’ve spent most of my punk rock life avoiding the temptation to write political songs; it always seemed like politics is the obvious go-to subject of punk and thus not of interest to me.  Unfortunately, after the 2016 U.S. Presi...