All of us usually soaring upon the glorious frustration of everyday life have been drowning under the frustrating frustration of election season for a good while now. As November nears, the shit gets deeper and deeper. The lies stupider and braver. It gets easier and easier to say on the public record that what’s good for women is somehow not good for the country. The proposed policies about jobs grow more vague while the laws restricting voter rights and family health find firm footing. Horrific is the pandering rhetoric of people who believe that they are doing the strong, American thing by not helping those who are less fortunate, not realizing that that is the exact thing that has cost them their soul.

Anyway, thank you to Athens GA’s Madeline Adams for channeling the public disgust with these pathetic men into a song. Specifically aimed at Paul Ryan and his smug frat-boy smirk/voting record, Madeline’s “Happy Warrior” is a big-booted kick in the balls. Sad banjos, direct lyrics, fucking brilliant song.

Madeline – Happy Warrior

Download “Happy Warrior” for free from Athens-based magazine/website Flagpole. Visit Madeline’s website. Keep an eye out for the re-release of Madeline’s sophomore record The Slow Bang from This Will Be Our Summer Records, who also released her 2011 Essential Listening album Black Velvet.