Wolves
Rise Against have been one of hardcore’s most dissenting voices for nearly two decades and, after 2014’s introspective *The Black Market*, 2017’s political landscape has re-fired their righteous anger. They shape their hammering riffs and wind-tunnel choruses around hot-button topics including climate change (“Parts Per Million”), apathy (“B\*\*\*\*\*\*t”), and the inevitability—or otherwise—of war (“The Violence”). The Chicago band have never sought to disentangle the personal from the political though, and relationship dramas are played out on “Politics of Love” and “House on Fire.”
Wolves, for or better or worse, fits comfortably in this formula, which makes the album feel like it could’ve been recorded…
The eighth studio long-player from the stalwart Chicago-based melodic hardcore punk unit, Wolves sees Rise Against speaking truth to power in an age where everybody has a megaphone.
If you thought one of rock’s most idealistic and politically earnest bands might just take a pop at their country’s new peroxide blonde
There’s plenty to be upset about on another solid and very enjoyable record.