BAD RELIGION • True North • LP

Epitaph Records
2023 - Reissue

One of the longest-running (since 1980) and most successful punk bands (with over three million albums sold) returned in 2013 with their 16th studio album: Bad Religion released "True North," produced by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Tool), on their longtime label, Epitaph Records. In a world still ruled by stupidity, oppression, and inequality, the demand for resistance and the cry for humanism is more important than ever.
On "True North," the band refines their California punk sound that they first unleashed in the early '80s. "We remembered our original mission: short, precise bursts of melody and thoughts," says co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz.

The result is punk stripped down to its essence, with 16 songs in 35 minutes. And the first single is a driving anthem with a concise but clear statement: "F*ck You." "If any band should have a song with that title," says singer Greg Graffin, "it should be us." It's emotionally one of the most engaging albums by the band.