Peace Queer

Peace Queer

This live EP sounds like an act of catharsis — as Todd states at one point, "I did not do this to change your mind about anything, I did this to ease my own mind about everything.” There’s a populist steak running through the tunes, especially when the subject is war and those who are called upon to fight it. Snider’s biting, Bo Diddley-style “Mission Accomplished (Because You Gotta Have Faith)” is smartly matched with a slow, rueful version of John Fogerty’s “Fortunate Son” (featuring guest Patty Griffith). The song-poem “Is This Thing Working?” and its companion “Is This Thing On?” tackle the theme of aggression from a more oblique angle. With equal relish, Snider tears into mindless greed on the roots-rocking “Stuck On the Corner (Prelude to a Heart Attack),” expands upon this topic with the bluesy “Dividing the Estate (A Heart Attack),” and settles into a more reflective groove for the acoustic “Ponce of the Flaming Peace Queer.” Sometimes bitter and often bracing, this is 21st-Century protest music with a very sharp edge.

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