Nowhere Generation Rise Against

• 1The Numbers04:59
• 2Sudden Urge03:46
• 3Nowhere Generation03:54
• 4Talking To Ourselves03:24
• 5Broken Dreams, Inc.03:51
• 6Forfeit03:44
• 7Monarch03:32
• 8Sounds Like03:25
• 9Sooner Or later03:34
• 10Middle Of A Dream03:44
• 11Rules Of Play03:43
• Total Runtime41:36

Info zu Nowhere Generation

Es ist provokant, dynamisch und vor allem politisch: Neuntes Album und das erste neue Studioalbum der Punkrocker in vier Jahren. Bei der anstehenden Veröffentlichung zeigt die freimütige Band mit dem Finger auf große Unternehmen und Politik, die ihr Spiel auf sozialer und wirtschaftlicher Ebene gegen Millennials, Generation Y und Generation Z auf ihrer Suche nach dem American Dream richten. Musikalisch ist das Album flammender, aggressiver Punk Rock; textlich wurden die elf Songs zum Teil von den Kindern der Bandmitglieder und der Community der Rise Against-Fans inspiriert. Tim McIlrath sagt: "Heute gibt es das Versprechen des American Dreams, und dann gibt es die Realität des American Dreams. Amerikas 'historische Norm', dass es der nächsten Generation besser gehen wird als der vorherigen, wurde durch eine Ära massiver sozialer, wirtschaftlicher und politischer Instabilitäten und dem Ausverkauf der Mittelklasse geschmälert. Der Hauptpreis, der durch harte Arbeit und Engagement versprochen wurde, existiert nicht mehr für alle. Wenn die Privilegierten die Erfolgsleiter erklimmen und diese dann von oben verbrennen, wird das Zersprengen zur einzigen Antwort.

Rise Against veröffentlichten bereits acht Studioalben, das letzte "Wolves" (2017) erreichte Platz 5 der deutschen Albumcharts und die beiden Vorgänger "The Black Market" (2014) und "Endgame" (2011) landeten auf Platz 1. Mit unzähligen Gold- und Platinauszeichnungen zählen Rise Against zu den erfolgreichsten Rockbands unserer Zeit, die vor allem durch ihr kritisches Denken, Aufsehen erregt.

"Der amerikanische Traum ist tot – das sagt RA-Frontmann Tim McIlrath über das Konzept des neunten Studioalbums des streitbaren Punk-Quartetts aus Chicago. Soziale Ungerechtigkeit, gesellschaftliche Spaltung, eine am Boden liegende Wirtschaft und politische Unsicherheit haben das ehemalige Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten in einen verseuchten Sumpf verwandelt, aus dem sich die Jugend von heute nur noch schwer befreien kann. Doch Rise Against wären nicht sie selbst, wenn sie nicht zum Kampf gegen diese Missstände aufrufen würden, solange die Hoffnung auf Besserung noch nicht völlig verloren ist. Zu ihrem Signature-Sound aus kraftstrotzendem Hardcore, poppigen Singalong-Melodien und McIlraths markanten Vocals berichtet die Formation von einer verlorenen Generation, aber auch der Entschlossenheit, sich nicht mit den momentanen Umständen abzufinden. Zurück in die Zukunft mit neuen Schlachthymnen wie „Broken dreams“, „Sooner or later“ oder „Rules of play“!" (Nicko Emmerich, EMP Redaktion)

Tim McIlrath, Gesang, Gitarre
Zach Blair, Gitarre
Joe Principe, Bass
Brandon Barnes, Schlagzeug

Rise Against
The darkest moments in history—those when fear and hate trump all else—are the times that define us. As politicians use bigoted rhetoric to gain power at home and abroad, and fringe groups creep from the shadows, it's tempting to succumb to despair and defeatism. But Rise Against is challenging fans to create a bold new identity together: one that is stronger than these setbacks, and bigger than any election. WOLVES, their 8th studio release, is about recognizing the power within all of us; it's a primal call for the prey to become the hunters.

"If you are in the wilderness and you hear wolves howling, what you're hearing might be an animal lost or mourning," says Rise Against's Tim McIlrath. "But it doesn't make you any less afraid. You know they're there. And you know what this powerful pack of animals is capable of."

For 18 years, Rise Against has kept its moral compass steady, using their international punk platform to speak out for social justice.

The band cut its teeth during the George W. Bush administration and has released records across three presidencies, but today's political climate forced the band to step back and rethink how they define themselves.

The record was originally titled "Mourning in America," but after the U.S. presidential election that rang hollow. It felt somber and hopeless. Members of the band felt those emotions, too, but decided they needed to create an album that focused more on our potential than our failings. They knew it needed teeth and claws. The result is WOLVES, a soundtrack for the hunt.

"In many ways, a Rise Against show is a safe space for our fans," McIlrath says. "But I realized that I don't only want to create safe spaces, I want to create dangerous spaces where misogyny can't exist, where xenophobia can't exist. I want to create spaces where those sentiments don't have any air, and they suffocate: where those ideas die. WOLVES isn't about creating a safe space, it's about creating a space that's dangerous for injustice."

The influence of the U.S. presidential election can clearly be heard in songs like "Walls" ("the monsters lost in history are now making their return") and "Welcome to the Breakdown" ("ignoring the facts, intoxicated by the throne"). WOLVES is of course shaped by the new presidency, but it's not limited to it. There is a spirt of resistance and optimism here that transcends our current crisis, and will outlast any politician.

Like all Rise Against records, the band tackles political struggles alongside personal ones, creating songs as complex as their fans. On tracks like "House on Fire" and "Politics of Love," one can hear echoes of the iconic punk/folk songwriter Billy Bragg in McIlrath's words; the personal is political, the political is personal, and it's all rooted in a revolutionary, uncompromising love.

This evolution in Rise Against's identity came against the backdrop of other changes for the band. For 11 years, they had worked closely with producer Bill Stevenson, of the Descendents and Black Flag fame. With Descendents on tour and Stevenson tied up, Rise Against stepped out of their comfort zone and began working with Nick Raskulinecz, the Grammy-winning producer who has partnered with Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, and Deftones.

Recording with Raskulinecz meant moving to Nashville, Tennessee—far from the band's familiar worlds of Chicago and Los Angeles, and a firmly red state where Rise Against has rarely played. Political yard signs and conversations around town were constant reminders to the band that they were in new territory. And even though Nashville is a music town, it's country—not punk or hardcore. During the band's five months in the area, these outsider feelings shaped the identity of WOLVES.

Living in the South transformed the record in some unexpected ways. "As people on the news are arguing about immigration and class warfare, we are driving down the highway and seeing Civil War battlefields and monuments," McIlrath says. "When you tour these battlefields, you hear about what kind of muskets they used. But shouldn't we be talking about what got us to that point as a country?"

As further evidence of the geographic influence on the record, it's comprised not just of anthems of resistance, but also reconciliation. Living in Nashville drove home that we can't just focus on our differences, McIlrath says. If we can stop and talk to each other, face to face, we might realize our common ground. We are all wolves in the same pack, circling at the gates.

"They say we're divided, we are conquered," McIlrath sings. "But our enemies have never been each other."

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