Album Review: The Fallout – The Times Have Never Changed

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The Times Have Never Changed - Discos Machete Records / Rebel Time Records

The Fallout have released their latest full length “The Times Have Never Changed“ via Discos Machete Records and Rebel Time Records, the album follows up on their 2018 EP “Raise Your Flag And Other Anthems” and contains 15 tracks of partisan and unapologetically political punk rock. The Fallout have been delivering their own brand of intense political punk rock and delivering defiant anthems of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle since 2004, I’m ashamed to admit that The Fallout had flown under my radar until “The Times Have Never Changed“ landed in my inbox, if you aren’t familiar with The Fallout then there’s no reason not to put this right as the album is available as a pay-what-you-like release.

The Times Have Never Changed“ hits you with the album’s title track, a song that echoes a common sentiment that the protest songs of the past continue to remain relevant. The same anger at injustice and inequality that fuels DOA, Adolescents and Anti-Flag is running through The Fallout‘s veins, this is an album that delivers intense political punk rock done just as it oughta be. Every single one of the fifteen tracks on “The Times Have Never Changed“ is delivered with a political conviction that few bands can match, and every single target of their fury is hit with a precision attack that is born of vintage punk rock and hardcore. The end result is that “The Times Have Never Changed“ is the perfect soundtrack for the dumpster fire that is 2020.

This year, more than other in my lifetime, has emphasised that things need to drastically change, until they do bands like The Fallout will continue to voice the frustration and anger at the state of the political landscape, all the while maintaining the belief that that times can change for the better. Outside of their native Canada I suspect The Fallout‘s message hasn’t been widely heard, something that they are putting right with their latest album as “The Times Have Never Changed“ is now available at the Discos Machete RecordsRebel Time Records and The Fallout‘s Bandcamp page as a pay-what-you-like release, as are all of The Fallout‘s releases including 2004’s “(Still) Turning Money Into Revolution“, 2005’s “What Is Past Is (Still) Prologue” and 2007’s “Dismantlement (Still)” that have been remixed, remastered and slightly renamed.

The Fallout‘s website is here and they can be found on Facebook here