Death Cab For Cutie is no fan of Donald Trump. The group has released a new song, âMillion Dollar Loan,â inspired by the candidateâs dubious claims of rising from the bottom on his own when he was actually launched into the business world on the back of a million-dollar loan from his father. In a statement, Death Cab frontman Ben Gibbard said that he wrote the song after being âdisgustedâ by how âflippantâ Trump was in his assertions. He goes on to say Trump is âbeneath us,â noting that âDonald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is unworthy of the honor and responsibility of being President of the United States of America, and in no way, shape, or form represents what this country truly stands for.â
âMillion Dollar Loanâ is the first song from the â30 Days, 30 Songsâ project, launched by the writer Dave Eggers. Imagined as a continuation of his 2012 â90 Days, 90 Reasonsâ project, â30 Days, 30 Songsâ will, as its title suggests, launch a new, anti-Trump song into the world every day until the election. According to a press release, tracks will be a mixture of new material and unheard songs, and this weekâs offerings will include original cuts from Aimee Mann, Jim James, Thao Nguyen, Bhi Bhiman, and Daveed Diggsâ group Clipping, as well as a never-before-heard-unless-you-were-there live song from R.E.M.
All of the tracks will be available on the 30 Days, 30 Songs website, as well as on both Spotify and Apple Music. You can also pick up the songs on iTunes, and all proceeds will be donated to the Center For Popular Democracy, a group that is working to ensure universal voter registration for all Americans.
[via Stereogum]
