Bad Copy

Atlanta’s Sloppy Scales, a legendary rodeo clown turned musical satirist, has released a anti-racist, lewd yet playful new single entitled “Republicans.” It’s sung like a school alma mater song, or like members of a secret lodge, from the perspective of white nationalists setting up a Trump rally. It demonstrates the absurdity of some people’s morally reprehensible ideologies, particularly with the far-right’s reactionary and white nationalist movements who are lock-step with the MAGA Republican party.

It holds a mirror up to the political party that capitalizes on racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic rhetoric. Sloppy Scales set out to make a record that’s a celebration of multiculturalism, civil rights, and fundamental fairness, and this song delivers its disturbing message through music that dives into Latin and Caribbean roots percussion and horns, while being vocally explicit about this side’s hatred of multiculturalism, while creating division and social strife.

The song will be featured on Sloppy Scales’ debut album This Machine Mocks Fascists: The Sloppy Scales Songbook, which will be released on December 20th. He’s a great songwriter, but terrible musician (hence his name). So he assembled a crack team of diverse musicians to record the album, the majority of whom make up the band Guilherme Shakespeare, the house band of Atlanta venue Buteco – known for its Latin music and Brazilian cuisine. Players include Rafael Pereira (Janelle Monae, PJ Morton), Guilherme Shakespeare (Rock*A*Teens, Os Ossos), Daniel Wytanis (Ghost-Note, KEM), Cleidinilson “Chocolate” Costa, and singers Mr. Maph, Skye Doughty, Natalye Woodson, and Bret Busch whose last album (with most of this crew) found praise at PopMatters, American Songwriter, No Depression and more.

Check out “Republicans” below and keep checking back for more from Sloppy Scales!