Bad Religion will be one of the first acts with new music in 2013. ‘True North’, their first album in three years, will be released in Australia on Friday.
Bad Religion True North
‘True North’ promised to be a return to the original essence of the band. “We went back to our original mission statement of short concise bursts of melody and thought,” co-writer and guitarist Brett Gurewitz explains. “The intent was to record stripped down punk songs without sacrificing any conceptual density.”
The ‘True North’ album was produced by the band and Joe Barresi. “I think working within certain restrictions took away the mental aspect and let us devote more attention to conveying feeling,” co-writer and guitarist Greg Graffin says. “We all go through pain and the best elements of punk give us hope in those dark times.”
The band will promote the release of the album with an appearance in the Jimmy Fallon Show next week (January 30).
Listen to the entire album here:
True North Track List
1. “True North”
2. “Past Is Dead”
3. “Robin Hood in Reverse”
4. “Land of Endless Greed”
5. “Fuck You”
6. “Dharma and the Bomb”
7. “Hello Cruel World”
8. “Vanity”
9. “In Their Hearts Is Right”
10. “Crisis Time”
11. “Dept. of False Hope”
12. “Nothing to Dismay”
13. “Popular Consensus”
14. “My Head Is Full of Ghosts”
15. “The Island”
16. “Changing Tide”
