As Trump was downplaying Covid-19, telling people to inject bleach, and continually referring to it as the "China Virus" last year, Dead Ending did what any self-respecting punk band would have done...they wrote a middle-finger song to the shithead in charge. They banged out two quick songs, and a cover from The Clash, and preorders went up at the end of August. Because all of 2020 was a complete clusterfuck, it took over six months for the record to ship.
Calling out Trump as the American Virus is an excellent way to close out his term as president, and a great follow up to thier Ivanka Wants Her Orange Back single from when he was inagurated back in 2017. Seriously, fuck that guy forever.
While the Complete Control cover from The Clash didn't make it to the 7 inch, the two original songs here are great. Fast and short songs with those Vic Bondi snarling vocals are what Dead Ending do best, and these two deliver what you expect. I was hoping that we'd get a nice limited colored vinyl pressing with this one, but it looks like it may have only seen black vinyl.
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