

The record comes from recordings of 2019 shows in Brooklyn, Boston, and Philadelphia. On Friday, Self Defense Family will release the new live LP Law of Karma Live: Fake Shit Wins But Not Tonight. This week, we’re getting a new Self Defense live album, and it includes a cover of a Neil Young classic.

There hasn’t been a Self Defense album since 2018’s Have You Considered Punk Music?, though there was also a 2020 archival series and a 2021 graphic-novel soundtrack. (One of the band’s members, at least part of the time, was Ian Shelton, from Militarie Gun and Regional Justice Center.) Lately, though, Kindlon has been busy with Drug Church. Self Defense, a revolving-lineup band built around singer Patrick Kindlon, were a prolific cult force, and you had to be a dedicated head to keep up with all of it. For a long time, you couldn’t go more than a few months without getting a new Self Defense Family record.
