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Dropkick Murphys have announced a new album unlike anything theyâTve done to date, bringing Woody GuthrieâTs words to life on This Machine Still Kills Fascists, to be released digitally and on CD September 30 via the bandâTs Dummy Luck Music / [PIAS], with a special edition vinyl out in November. The first single and video, âoTwo 6âTs Upside Down,â? will debut July 6. In the 10 songs that make up This Machine Still Kills Fascists, Dropkick Murphys bring Woody GuthrieâTs perennial jabs at life â´ many of which are from the 1940s and â~50s â´ into the present, with the resulting music eerily relevant to todayâTs world. And theyâTve done it all without their usual arsenal of electric guitars. In fact, not a single amplifier was used to animate WoodyâTs words in these songs, but DKM harnessed all of their trademark power to bring WoodyâTs lyrics to life. Woody Guthrie wrote songs from the heart and for the common person. He made a point of showing up when it counted most, often performing at fundraisers, benefits, and rallies to champion working class causes and condemn greed, war, and unchecked capitalism â´ all with his guitar in hand. This is exactly where Woody Guthrie and Dropkick Murphys intersect. Dropkick MurphysâT entire ethos of family, community, service, and action depends upon honest reporting in their music. Like Woody, showing up in real life is what makes their songs so impactful. They just are who they say they are. Whether itâTs standing up to Nazi thugs or standing with working men and women on a picket line, showing up is what holds the center in DKMâTs world.