Everyone Gets Everything They Want
Featuring Roman Morello, Serj Tankian, Kneecap, Beartooth
Out September 25th on Mom + Pop Music
Shares New Song “Date Night
Featuring Roman Morello, Serj Tankian, Kneecap and Beartooth
Out September 25th on Mom + Pop Music
Legendary musician, guitarist and songwriter Tom Morello has unveiled his latest full-length project, and first solo rock album, Everyone Gets Everything They Want, arriving September 25th via Mom + Pop Music. Further cementing his reputation for fusing high-octane rock with unwavering activism, the new collection confronts issues of fascism, immigrant rights and global political turmoil.
The record is anchored by Morello’s revolutionary fretwork, blending thunderous riffs, otherworldly solos and an uncompromising lyrical vision. Production credits include Tyler Smyth, Carl Restivo, Zakk Cervini, Dan Carey and Sam Nelson Harris.
The music spans a diverse array of styles and collaborators, reflecting decades of experience as a songwriter and performer. Serj Tankian, Kneecap and Beartooth all make appearances, while Morello’s 15-year-old guitar prodigy son Roman, who has been startling audiences on tour with his dad for the past three years, shares writing credits on five songs, contributing monster riffs and fiery solos.
Morello has also released a new track, “Date Night”. The song tells the true story of three young Dutch girls who served as spies, saboteurs and assassins against the Nazis during the Second World War.
Sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and their close friend Hannie Schaft used their youth and innocent appearances to slip through checkpoints, smuggle weapons, sabotage railway lines and help hunted Jewish children escape persecution. Most famously, they acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. Hannie was eventually captured, tortured and killed by the Nazis, but she never betrayed her comrades.
Morello says: “I make anti-racist songs for anti-racists. I make anti-fascist songs for anti-fascists. And I make anti-Nazi songs for anti-Nazis. ‘Date Night’ is really a ‘which side are you on?’ song. If any of that offends you, do the maths. Oh, and Roman Morello wrote the killer riff in this tune.”
Morello previously released the song “Adjourn It”. The track features Serj Tankian as well as Roman and condemns the rising tide of racism and anti-immigrant bigotry. For its video, clips from the 1954 film Salt Of The Earth are woven throughout to reflect the song’s theme of resistance in the face of prejudice and injustice.
Morello has a long history of organising activism-oriented concerts, rallies and events and continues to be a leading voice for social justice causes and workers’ and immigrants’ rights issues across the country and around the world. In addition to his solo work as The Nightwatchman and his roles in Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, Morello remains one of modern rock’s most influential guitarists and outspoken activists.
Having just wrapped another run with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the Land Of Hope And Dreams American Tour, as well as a blistering appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, Morello will perform at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 19th.
Morello also recently announced the Power To The People Festival, a celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music and community action, taking place on Saturday, October 3rd at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
The sold-out, one-day festival, curated by Morello, will feature special performances from an extraordinary line-up of artists and activists including Dave Matthews, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Public Enemy, Killer Mike, Brittany Howard, Dropkick Murphys, Jack Black featuring Roman Morello, Revel Ian, Yoyoka Soma and Hugo Weiss, Serj Tankian, grandson, The Neighborhood Kids, Taylor Momsen, Matt Cameron, The Linda Lindas and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, alongside a DJ set from artist Shepard Fairey.
