Acclaimed Los Angeles punk rock band Bad Religion will release a new album entitled Age of Unreason on Epitaph Records on May 3. 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,” co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz explains. “Today, these values of truth, freedom, equality, tolerance, and science, are in real danger. This record is our response.”

The songs on Age of Unreason are both furious and meticulously crafted. There are references to contemporary events; racist rallies, Trump’s election, the erosion of the middle class, Colin Kaepernick’s protest, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, and there are homages to the literary and philosophical works that have long inspired the band.

The track ‘Chaos From Within’ uses the band’s iconic fast, powerful and melodic sound to examine the current border wall controversy with the lyrics, “Threat is urgent, existential / with patience wearing thin / but the danger's elemental / it’s chaos from within.” As co-songwriter and lead singer Greg Graffin says, “Throughout history, walls have been used to keep the barbarians out, but it seems to me that the truly barbaric aspect of a civilization is the chaos that comes from within.”

Age Of Unreason Track Listing:

Chaos From Within 

My Sanity 

Do The Paranoid Style

The Approach 

Lose Your Head 

End of History 

Age of Unreason 

Candidate

Faces of Grief

Old Regime 

Big Black Dog 

Downfall

Since Now 

What Tomorrow Brings 

The Profane Rights of Man (bonus) 

Bad Religion play the Slamdunk festival in  May

25 May – Slamdunk Festival, Leeds (UK)

26 May – Slamdunk Festival, Hatfield (UK)

More dates to be announced! 

Bad Religion have released another new single titled ‘My Sanity’. Previously, Bad Religion released ‘The Profane Rights of Man’, a “short, fast, and packed with righteous harmonies” track according to Consequence of Sound. Additionally, the band released ‘The Kids Are Alt-Right’, a “catchy and deeply satisfying melody-surge about new permutations of racism” as reported by Stereogum.

Bad Religion began in the sprawling suburbs surrounding Los Angeles, with the teenage punks offering an impassioned counterpoint to a culture of consumerism and anti-intellectualism. Founding members Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, and Jay Bentley were eventually joined by guitarists Brian Baker of Minor Threat, Mike Dimkich of The Cult, and the supremely talented drummer Jamie Miller of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.

Bad Religion have been highly influential force in modern punk, producing beloved international hits like ‘Infected’, ‘21st Century (Digital Boy)’, and ‘Sorrow’, and building a devoted worldwide following.