The punk band The Linda Lindas shared their brand new single “Blood On Our Hands” Friday, alongside a live performance video. The brand-new track makes up the third single from their upcoming album GOTTA GET OUT, slated for an August 28th release via Reprise/Warner Records. It follows “Burning Out” and “Closer” featuring Hayley Williams.
“Blood On Our Hands” is short, running just under the two-minute mark, but an infectious anger and ferociousness fill the runtime. Starting with loud, daunting guitars, Eloise Wong, lead vocalist of the track and the band’s bassist, sings a song that can best be described as fed up. Lines like “Give me a good reason/All the money we spend/Goes to mass murder/When does it end?” express frustration over the government’s decisions and spending. She sings, “Where do you stand?/Do you know where you stand?” as a call to investigate and question our own place and potential complicity in atrocities occurring around the world.
”We’re living in very dark times, and it’s really easy to feel hopeless,” Wong said. “’Blood On Our Hands’ is about doing what you can, not just on national boycott days and marches, but thinking every day about where your money goes and what you put your money towards, and we have to do our best to support each other.”
Even with three singles and an album out in a few weeks, The Linda Lindas have more in store. They’ll embark on the GOTTA GET OUT North American tour starting this fall, taking all across the United States with a few select locations in Canada. It’ll kick off on September 16 in Sacramento, California.
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