This is the third consecutive album featuring a new bassist, as Greg Smith from The Weakerthans replaced long time Ron Hawkins collaborator Derrick Brady.

[1] The record is a collection of protest songs that respond to current global events, including the rise of fascism.

Hawkins described the finished record as "songs about revolution and redistribution, liberation, love and justice.

The first single, 'The Barricade' features the lyric "My next vote's with a brick" and some band members were uncomfortable with the suggestion of violence.

The Spill Magazine praised the album's ability to balance big political ideas and hope.