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The Dead Shakers Turn Protest Into Performance on Now That’s What I Call Missiles & Bombz 4 Kidz 

  • Jan 1
  • 3 min read


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The Dead Shakers Turn Protest Into Performance on Now That’s What I Call Missiles & Bombz 4 Kidz 


HEADLINE


With their latest release, The Dead Shakers sharpen their collective chaos into a

confrontational, darkly funny, and unmistakably political statement from Burlington, Vermont. 


REVIEW


The Dead Shakers are not the kind of band that plays it safe. Based in Burlington, Vermont and led by kevin bloom, they describe themselves as an “acid washed vegan rock band” that can appear as a traditional band or as a more fragmented ambient collective, and that flexibility comes through in the scope of their latest release, Now That’s What I Call Missiles & Bombz 4 Kidz.


Released on September 19, 2025, the album runs across eight tracks and leans into a mix of satire, outrage, and bitter humor, using sprawling titles and dense lyrical writing to confront war, media language, state violence, and complicity. The result is less a tidy rock record than a confrontation: part protest document, part performance art, part noise-soaked thesis on how absurd and awful the world can feel when power goes unchecked.


What makes the release stand out is its refusal to separate message from form. The songs feel deliberately unstable, crowded with voices and ideas, yet that instability is the point. The Dead Shakers turn discomfort into momentum, and even when the material is severe, the band’s wit keeps it from becoming blunt or preachy. It is the kind of record that does not simply ask to be heard; it demands a reaction.



QUESTIONS


  1. Now That’s What I Call Missiles & Bombz 4 Kidz is a very loaded title. What was the first idea that led to this record?

  2. Did the album begin with a specific political frustration, or did the songs grow from many different incidents?

  3. The record mixes anger, satire, and dark humor. How do you keep that balance from tipping too far in any one direction?

  4. Why did you choose such long, confrontational song titles for this release?

  5. How important was the collective nature of The Dead Shakers to the sound of this album?

  6. What did the studio setup at SpIcYwOrLd in Burlington allow you to do creatively that other spaces might not?

  7. Which track on the record feels like the clearest statement of intent for you?

  8. How did the songwriting process change across the album’s eight tracks?

  9. The lyrics are extremely direct in places. Did you ever consider making the writing more abstract, or was clarity always the goal?

  10. How do you want listeners to respond: anger, reflection, laughter, or all three at once?

  11. The record references war, propaganda, and public language in sharp ways. What role does music play for you in challenging that language?

  12. Was there one song that was hardest to finish because the idea behind it was so big?

  13. Do you see this release as a document of a specific moment, or as something more universal?

  14. How do live performances change the way these songs land compared with the studio versions?

  15. What should someone understand about The Dead Shakers after hearing this album for the first time?


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