Madi Diaz has launched a full-album cowl of Blink-182’s Enema of the State to assist the Defending Our Neighbors Fund. Titled Enema of the Garden State, Diaz’s album is offered solely on Bandcamp, by way of Anti-. Take heed to “Don’t Go away Me” and “Anthem” beneath and click on by way of to purchase the album on Bandcamp.
The Nashville singer-songwriter, who launched Fatal Optimist final month, says in press supplies that the covers document “began out as a enjoyable mild train fueled by an everlasting love and fandom” for the band and album. “I needed to see if I might let the nostalgia drive my reminiscence for the lyrics and tear by way of a punky acoustic association. No planning, no overthinking, no analyzing allowed, simply ripping into the songs. It was pure enjoyable, pure pleasure.”
Diaz provides that she didn’t plan to launch the document till the extent of the Trump administration’s mass-deportation program turned clear. “I began excited about how unbelievable the identify Enema of the State is for a document,” she says. “How the title is someway so present and politically, culturally, socially, insanely ironic. And we thought perhaps we might use this model of Enema of the (Backyard) State to lift consciousness and cash for individuals in want of protection and help of their proper to reside and work and breathe and be and keep on American soil. Each penny this venture generates will go to Defending Our Neighbors Fund. This may assist give immigrant households, adults, younger kids, and so a lot of these in want of advocates, entry to assets by way of this assist system. Thanks a lot for listening. For me, it’s turn out to be a lot greater than only a nostalgia for teenage rise up towards mother and pop. Fuck ICE. Enema of the State Perpetually.”
