Defiance, Ohio - The Great Depression

The Bloomington, IN folk-punk band Defiance, Ohio make you realize that with Against Me! going on to bigger and not necessarily better things, their shoes maybe aren’t that big to fill. Defiance, Ohio’s second album out on No Idea is honest, urgent folk-inspired punk. It’s a political record similar to how folk music is political and far away from the political punk bands Propagandhi and Anti-Flag. Defiance, Ohio is political in the way the policies of our current administration affect individuals. It’s political in that it’s personal. The first track, Petty Problems makes the band seem wise beyond their years, while track four, is a tongue in cheek southern hymn rewriting the word of God to include George W. Bush.