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Milo goes political (with ukelele)

Posted by Loren on October 8, 2020

Milo goes political (with ukelele)
Milo goes political (with ukelele)

Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph have teamed up for the released of 45...not a LP, a 3-song EP by RebUke -- a politically-minded and ukulele-driven project by Milo Aukerman of the Descendents.

Aukerman says this of the project, which released this week digitally (Epitaph) and will be on vinyl soon (Fat Wreck):

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. Presidential election, I find myself virtually unable to write songs about anything else. If you believe, like me, that 45 is not a LP, we ALL need to VOTE to make that a reality. Only then can we hope to see a return to sanity, a turning of the page. These songs are my personal attempts to turn the page on our national nightmare…if only I could will it through music. 

45…not a LP track listing:

On You
Hindsight 2020
Royal Flush (feat. Rotten James Dio)

Milo goes political (with ukelele)
Milo goes political (with ukelele)

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