Material Issue: International Pop Overthrow (1991)

With the world again on fire, the President of the USA exhorting his white power brigade on to violence while a significant number of Republicans in the House and Senate boldly cheer on the end of democracy, urging that an election be cast aside and a leader installed by fiat based on ludicrous, repeatedly debunked conspiracy theories... well, we could use a real feel-good album about now.

Material Issue were a terrific power pop band from Chicago (and, yeah, the exuberance is tempered by the sad...