Philadelphia’s satirical punk legends The Dead Milkmen have announced their new album Quaker City Quiet Pills will be released 6/9 via The Giving Groove), alongside the release of its first official single, “Grandpa’s Not A Racist (He Just Voted For One)”. A merciless, uncomfortably catchy first single, the track mocks the mental acrobatics of defending a Trump-loving grandparent. Check it out below
Quaker City Quiet Pills (advance stream/download below!)is the bands’ first new album since 2014’s Pretty Music For Pretty People — and in sticking with The Giving Groove’s charitable revenue model, the Dead Milkmen have chosen to donate the label’s proceeds of Quaker City Quiet Pills‘ revenue to Rock to the Future (https://rocktothefuture.org), a 501(c)3 organization that equips Philadelphia youth with life skills to support current and lifelong well-being through free, student-driven music programs.
Quaker City Quiet Pills is steeped in the trademark mix of energized punk hooks, irreverent humor, and biting social commentary that has animated this group since their historic arrival on the punk scene nearly 40 years ago. All four members had a hand in the songwriting, and the results are as eclectic and twisted as ever. Running the gamut from the BDSM nightmare “Philadelphia Femdom” to the jazzy hipster sendup “The New York Guide to Art” to the fantastical “Astral Dad,” which was written after singer/keyboardist Rodney Anonymous (a.k.a. Rodney Linderman) challenged Joe to write a song about astral projection.
