Since 1999, Rise Against has been the punk household name for political activism. Now hitting over two decades with eleven albums, their fire and passion has never faltered.
With their 11th studio album, Nowhere Generation, Rise Against brings the nostalgic feel of perhaps their largest two albums in their career: The Suffer & The Witness and Appeal To Reason, while still making it a rejuvenation of the Rise Against we love.
The first single to be released was “Broken Dreams” back in September of 2020, and upon hearing the opening riff, I felt a euphoric happiness and thought “Rise Against is back.”
This nostalgic feeling continued with their second single release “Nowhere Generation.” With anthem lyrics such as “We are the Nowhere Generation, The kids that no one wants” and catchy melodic riffs, this felt as the sequel to “Long Forgotten Sons” in their 4th studio album Appeal To Reason.
Nowhere Generation is the hard hitting Rise Against album that you didn’t know you needed right now. It’s filled with rock anthem hits like “Monarch” and “Middle of a Dream”.
And for fans wanting wanting the classic Tim Mcllrath acoustic feel, “Forfeit” is exactly that. Rise Against have returned after almost 4 years, showing political punk music is not dead.