This Machine Still Kills Fascists released

The band released three singles throughout 2022: “Two 6’s Upside Down” (July 2022), “Ten Times More” (August 2022) and “All You Fonies” (September 2022). All three would eventually appear on their eleventh album, This Machine Still Kills Fascists , which was released on September 30, 2022. The album was the band’s first since their 1998 debut album Do or Die to not feature Barr, and was the band’s first fully acoustic album. Its ten songs featured unused lyrics written by Woody Guthrie . “The Last One” (featuring Evan Felker ), “Cadillac, Cadillac” (featuring Sammy Amara of Broilers) and “Never Git Drunk No More” (featuring Nikki Lane ) were also released as singles from the album. The band embarked on an acoustic theater tour in the fall of 2022 to support the album. Their twelfth album, Okemah Rising , was released on May 12, 2023. The album, which again did not feature Barr, was recorded during the same sessions for This Machine Still Kills Fascists and similarly also features songs using unused lyrics written by Woody Guthrie . The band again hit the road to support the album. The album was preceded by the singles “I Know How it Feels” and “Gotta Get to Peekskill” (featuring Violent Femmes ). “Bring It Home” (featuring Jaime Wyatt ) was released as the album’s third and final single in May 2023 On August 30, 2024, the band released the short documentary, This Machine Rising , on YouTube . The film documented the band recording This Machine Still Kills Fascists and Okemah Rising albums along with the theater tour that supported the two albums.