Propagandhi Reveal New Single & Video “Cat Guy”

Manitoba, Canada’s Propagandhi have returned with their new single, Cat Guy, ahead of their upcoming full length, At Peace, that is due out on the 2nd May. Cat Guy is a blistering anthem dripping with sardonic wit and razor-sharp critique, the track finds the Canadian quartet as incisive as ever, wielding breakneck riffs and subversive lyricism with a smirk and a snarl.

In true Propagandhi fashion, At Peace is smart music for dangerous times. The ever evolving standard bearers of politically charged punk have actively kicked against musical confines and bro-punk conservatism, promoting a message of anti-fascism since 1986. Distilling their DNA of breakneck riffs, hardcore ethos, and radical consciousness, their message remains as vital, and volatile, as ever. There’s no mistaking that on their first album in eight years, their frontline social activism has been supplanted by a deeper sense of reflection. Nearly a decade later, the members of Propagandhi have a lot on their minds.

“From my songwriting perspective, the two things I was thinking of was capturing a little bit of Judas Priest’s Firepower LP as if SNFU’s Chi-Pig was writing the lyrics. Everything I’m singing about is still coming from being the same person that wrote and sang our first record ‘How to Clean Everything’ in 1993. But what we’re putting into the songs now, probably reflects more despair than 30 years ago when we had similar perspectives, but with strands of hope and naivete. Now it’s the existential dread of eking out a life worth living in this completely failed society. Twenty years ago, we had a sense that things are fucked but that there could be a mass mobilization of people against the oligarchy, the billionaire class. I don’t think that exists much in our music anymore and I don’t believe that mobilization is forthcoming. I hope to be proven wrong.”” (frontman Chris Hannah)

Marking their first release since 2017’s Victory Lap, At Peace was forged during the ominous political climate in the months before Trump’s ascent to power. Penned shortly before the American oligarch’s suggestion that Propagandhi‘s home country become the U.S.’s 51^st State, it was then mixed by Jason Livermore at Blasting Room Studios in December 2024. This collection of poetic and polemic songs captures the anxieties and turmoil of the band’s four members, offering a powerful and poignant portrait of uncertainty. Though at its core, At Peace is Propagandhi’s plea for hope against hopelessness.