‘Do The Paranoid Style’, a brand new song from the acclaimed Los Angeles punk rock band BAD RELIGION, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the group’s upcoming album titled ‘Age Of Unreason’, which is due on May 3 via on Epitaph Records.
“When fringe groups blame shadowy forces for their problems it is, at worst, delusional,” guitarist Brett Gurewitz said about the song, which was inspired by historian Richard Hofstadter‘s 1964 essay ‘The Paranoid Style In American Politics.’ “But when those holding the levers of power do the same thing, it’s not delusion, it’s a method of delegitimizing the opposition. It’s a tool of authoritarianism.”
Since the group’s formative years they have steadfastly advocated for humanism, reason, and individualism. Now, when these values are in decline and nationalism and bigotry are on the rise, BAD RELIGION’s message has never been more essential. ‘Age Of Unreason’ delivers a powerful and inspired response — a political and deeply personal treatise on all they believe in.
“The band has always stood for enlightenment values,” Gurewitz explains. “Today, these values of truth, freedom, equality, tolerance, and science, are in real danger. This record is our response.”
‘Age Of Unreason’ is BAD RELIGION‘s 17th studio album and was co-produced by Carlos de la Garza.
‘Age Of Unreason’ track listing:
01. Chaos From Within
02. My Sanity
03. Do The Paranoid Style
04. The Approach
05. Lose Your Head
06. End Of History
07. Age Of Unreason
08. Candidate
09. Faces Of Grief
10. Old Regime
11. Big Black Dog
12. Downfall
13. Since Now
14. What Tomorrow Brings
15. The Profane Rights Of Man (bonus)
Photo credit: Alice Baxley