THE DEAD HAND OF TRADITION

Limited vinyl LP pressing of this 2016 release. Five years after their seminal Fake Meets Failure LP, Red Dons return with their junior album The Dead Hand of Tradition. A lot has happened in that half-decade. Two of the bands core members, Douglas Burns and Hajji Husayn, left their hometown Portland, Oregon (for Chicago and London, respectively), and recorded and released a slew of singles on labels like Grave Mistake and Dirtnap (including a collaboration with TV Smith of UK punk legends The Adverts). Despite the distance between them, theyve toured regularly in North America and Europe. In early 2015, Red Dons reconvened in Portland to record The Dead Hand of Tradition at Buzz Or Howl Studios, the same establishment where they recorded the albums predecessor. It features 10 new tracks of their signature dark, driving, melodic punk rock. The duos distinctive songwriting hasnt changed, but shows the maturity of five more nomadic years under their belts. These new experiences have only added to the themes of alienation, emigration and loss in their music.