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Premiere: The Brokedowns – “In Praise Of The Pedestal” Single + Video

Premiere: The Brokedowns – “In Praise Of The Pedestal” Single + Video

October 14, 2025 (October 15, 2025) // Riot Fest

Chicago’s beloved Brokedowns are back at it with a new album, Let’s Tip The Landlord, coming November 21st on Red Scare. We’ve got the first peek at the lead single, “In Praise of the Pedestal” below!

“In Praise of the Pedestal” poses an uncomfortable yet essential question: Can a life lived outside the worship of wealth and status truly be called a life at all?

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Planet Earth is 6,000 years old, and you are fortunate enough to exist precisely when The Brokedowns unveil their sonic submission to affluence and authority.  Hymns to crypto deities.  Anthems for the privatization of public good.  Psalms for the nervous soul, seeking salvation in endless hustle & grind.  Mars is flat.  Praise music for the modern marketplace.

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