These American Dreams

“These American Dreams” by Already Gone is the title track of their new album, their first since the tumultuous post-Covid era began. From its start, the song pulls no punches as to where the band and its generation stand on the soft tyranny of this new era, and its obsession with stoking the fires of division – while ignoring the unifying promises and core principles of he United States; namely, that it is a nation of limited government, where the freedoms guaranteed to its citizens - particularly freedom of speech - are bulwarks against such tyranny. “These American Dreams” serves as a stark reminder of who Americans are as a people, as much as a warning of who (and what) we are at risk of becoming.