Dropkick Murphys have just released a new single and video from their album, For The People.
The new single and video for “Chesterfields And Aftershave” pays tribute to singer and founder Ken Casey’s late grandfather, an important role model in his life. Casey explains the song’s inspiration, “My father died when I was young and my grandfather raised me. He passed away before the band got going. I hope my grandfather would’ve really liked the message that we carry in our music because he’s the one that ingrained a lot of those beliefs in me. I hope I would’ve made him proud and I hope the band would’ve made him proud.”
The video for Chesterfields And Aftershave is directed by Jon Vulpine and features vignettes that follow a young “Ken Casey” which demonstrate the steadying influence his late grandfather had on his childhood. The video includes historical television clips of Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics games that Ken watched with his grandfather when he was a child, as well as a clip from the Red Sox 2004 World Series-clinching victory referenced in the song, thanks to the help of MLB, the NHL and the NBA.
The new single follows the band’s politically charged track “Who’ll Stand With Us?”, which called for unity and solidarity against growing divisions. The album “For The People” streamed starting July 4 with the physical CD and vinyl edition arriving October 10 (preorder HERE). That release will include five bonus tracks not featured on the digital version.
See the video for Chesterfields And Aftershave: HERE.
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