The new song is an outtake from their 2019 album Age Of Unreason. 

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From sharing reactions to creating memes, the internet and music community reacted to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris being sworn in in a number of ways. For Bad Religion, they decided Inauguration Day 2021 was the perfect time to drop some new music.

Their new song “Emancipation Of The Mind” will remind listeners of their 2019 album Age Of Unreason because it was recorded during those sessions. However, the track has a particularly timely meaning for Americans. “Emancipation Of The Mind” has an upbeat message that calls for reason and open-mindedness as the Biden administration moves into the White House.

“I think the song really is a celebration of enlightenment values that can be cultivated through enthusiastic learning and open-mindedness,” Greg Graffin says. “We’re [often] told what to think. But learning how to think (as opposed to learning what to think) is a true feeling of emancipation from the constraints of indoctrination that are so commonplace in our society.”

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Bad Religion aren’t the only artists to release new music around Joe Biden’s inauguration. Last week, Bad Religion’s Epitaph Records labelmates Descendents bid farewell to Donald Trump with “That’s The Breaks.” In just 43 seconds, the band manage to say goodbye to the former president, his Twitter account and even his tiny hands in the Trump-trashing track.

Like so many other artists, 2020 didn’t exactly go as planned for Bad Religion. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band spent most of the year not playing any shows. However, in November, Bad Religion finally came together to perform four sets at esteemed L.A. venue the Roxy for Decades, an online streaming series chronicling their 40-year career. 

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In December, bassist/founding member Jay Bentley opened up to Alternative Press about why Bad Religion decided to host the special livestream series.

“We did have a lot of plans, pre-pandemic,” he said. “Obviously, all that went away. The original Decades idea actually came from the promoter at Irving Plaza for our 30th anniversary. I was on the phone with our booking agent and him. He wanted to present this idea to do three nights at Irving Plaza. The first night is the ’80s. The second night is the ’90s and the next night is the 2000s. And I went, ‘OK, why not? That sounds like fun.’ And it was super-challenging. We had to learn a lot of weird songs.”

What are your reactions to Bad Religion’s new song? Do you wish it had been released on Age Of Unreason? Let us know in the comments below.

This week, Descendents released their new song “That’s The Breaks.” In just 43 seconds, the band manage to bid farewell to Trump, his Twitter account and even his tiny hands in the new Trump-trashing track.

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Descendents have used their music and platform to truly convey how they feel about the current President Of The United States. Just before the 2020 general election, Descendents dropped the two-song single Suffrage that features “On You” and “Hindsight 2020.”

After the 2016 presidential election, Descendents frontman Milo Aukerman told Brooklyn Vegan that he found himself unable to write about anything else.

“I’ve spent most of my punk rock life avoiding the temptation to write political songs; it always seemed like politics is the obvious go-to subject of punk and thus not of interest to me,” he said. “Unfortunately, after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election I find myself virtually unable to write songs about anything else.”

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As a result, the band have a slew of politically-charged songs waiting to be released. “Hindsight 2020” directly references Trump and his MAGA supporters, calling the 2016 election and the events that followed “a mistake.”

Now, Descendents are saying goodbye to the Trump presidency in “That’s The Breaks.” The fast-paced, 43-second song includes a number of call-outs to the president. With the inauguration right around the corner, Aukerman thought now was a good time to release the song.

“Loser. Big time loser. Delusional loser. SORE loser. The time has come. The time is now.  Just go, go, GO. I don’t care how. Donald J. Trump, will you please go now,” Auckerman says. “What’s it gonna take?  A gazillion dollars? (Oh wait, you already grifted that from supporters)… A get out of jail free card? (Only if our judicial system totally fails us)… A wooden stake through the heart? Whatever we can do to make you go away, we need to do it. And I don’t mean just leave the White House, I mean crawl back into your hole of hate and live out the rest of your life as a nobody. A loser. Because that’s what you are.  Worst. President. Ever.”

Throughout “That’s The Breaks,” Descendents seemingly reference Trump’s Twitter ban, his “small hands, small mind” and even the events that have led to his current impeachment trial.

What are your reactions to Descendents’ new song? Let us know in the comments below.