Play/Pause 3:27 Lyrics Track Details 10.Play/Pause 2:11 Lyrics Track Details 9.Play/Pause 2:30 Lyrics Track Details 8.Play/Pause 2:38 Lyrics Track Details 7.Play/Pause 3:24 Lyrics Track Details 6.Play/Pause 3:33 Lyrics Track Details 5.Play/Pause 3:19 Lyrics Track Details 4.Play/Pause 3:43 Lyrics Track Details 3.Play/Pause 3:04 Lyrics Track Details 2.Play/Pause 3:53 Lyrics Track Details 1.Millport is a passion project for Graffin that few punks will take the energy to discover, but theyвЂ™ll all be missing out on a fantastic project. Punk fans will have to put aside a lot of prejudices and biases to get to the heart of Millport, but once they do thereвЂ™s a lot of heart there to discover, not to mention a rustic attitude and some skillful musicianship. ThatвЂ™s his prerogative, of course, but in the current political situation, I feel like we really, really need a political Graffin. Instead, this time around, he seems more interested in painting a portrait of rural living. But for once, Graffin doesnвЂ™t seem to be looking to make a lot of political statements. As a man with a political activist with a PhD, I would expect Graffin to know about and bring up the more complicated parts of LincolnвЂ™s legacy like his private racism or the fact that he admitted that preserving the Union was more important to him than ending slavery, and that he would have kept slavery legal had he thought that would better preserve the union. I find it strange that Graffin is neutral to positive about Lincoln. The strangest track on the album is вЂњLincolnвЂ™s Funeral Train,вЂќ a song of tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Every time Graffin launches into the chorus of вЂњWaxwings,вЂќ I think heвЂ™s about to launch into the chorus of вЂњMaybe IвЂ™m Amazed.вЂќ And remember when I said that the album is just country with no rock influence with the exception of one song? That one song is the closer, вЂњWaxwings,вЂќ which comes off sounding like a combination of country and-I kid you not-Paul McCartney. вЂњSawmillвЂќ is one of my favorites with its bluegrass style bringing the album near to its close. (ThatвЂ™s a country kind of car, right? I know nothing about country.) вЂњTime of NeedвЂќ proves that Graffin is just physically incapable of putting out an album that doesnвЂ™t trash religion at some point, with its chorus of вЂњNo religion can help this time of need,вЂќ which ironically has a touch of gospel underneath it. вЂњBackroads of My MindвЂќ is a rollicking country opener that makes you want to sit out on the hood of an old Camaro. And once youвЂ™ve recovered from the shock of what the album actually is, itвЂ™s actually really good. Millport is old-fashioned country in its purest form, with a touch of bluegrass thrown in for good measure. At the same time, though, Millport isnвЂ™t the sort of pop-country thatвЂ™s popular on country radio stations these days likeвЂ¦you know, I just realized I donвЂ™t even know enough about country to name a popular country artist right now. Not indie-country, not alt-country, not cowpunk. But where Cold as Clay worked in a little bit of rock into the sound, Millport is just country (except for one song). If youвЂ™re not familiar with his previous solo material, particularly 2006вЂ™s Cold as Clay, you might be surprised to find that Millport is a country album. Yes, Bad Religion and Greg Graffin sometimes like to make the unusual choices, so it shouldnвЂ™t be that huge of a surprise that Graffin, for his solo material, records country music. Technically the last release from Bad Religion was a Christmas album with only one secular song on it, leaving the band that literally named themselves Bad Religion singing all of these religious Christmas tunes. Where some punk rockers didnвЂ™t finish high school, Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin earned a MasterвЂ™s and a PhD while fronting the band, and continues to teach on the side. LetвЂ™s not forget about their prog-rock style second album that was quickly recalled and remains tragically out of print. Bad Religion has been a band that has been known, at times, to zig when you expect them to zag.

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