Father Fury is a punk rock artist hailing from the suburbs of North Atlanta in Georgia, and he describes himself as “creating melodies for the revolution.” Pulling inspiration from folk protest songs, Fury writes punk protest songs that stand firmly against conformity, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and just about every other form of oppressive bigotry you can imagine. Today, Fury is premiering his new album Smash Your Idols, which comes out on Friday, but you get to hear the whole album right now.
“I wanted to make an album that talked about the ugly, and oftentimes, depressing shit in our world and culture that harms us and harms others—but I didn’t want to end it there,” explains Fury. “For me, leaving it on that note would be only telling half the story. I really wanted to impart this notion that, ‘Hey, we might be all that we have, but we’re also all that we need.’ I wanted the music to embrace that idea—to empower people and motivate them to use whatever privilege, power, and tools they have at their disposal to break the gears of oppression and hate that seek to harm.”
The album kicks off with a spirited cover of Against Me!’s “Bamboo Bones,” a song that was released before Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace came out as trans, but which is often interpreted as one of the songs that foreshadowed her coming transition. After the album comes out swinging, it continues to churn out punchy, catchy, fiercely political punk rock. There’s a bit of a void right now to be filled by a catchy, heavily political punk act, and Father Fury might be just the person to fill that void. With fiery anthems like “Fascists are Fragile” and “1312 Reasons,” this is a punk rock musical polemic. To add to the fire of the original tracks comes another cover song, this one of Bruce Springsteen’s classic “Born to Run.” Check out the full album below.
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