Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (2026 UK Variant) 2025-11-07 like "Blue Lamp" from Heavy

like "Blue Lamp" from Heavy Metal and "If You Ever Did Believe" from Practical Magic

Reissue of Tears for Fears' The Hurting

transience versus permanence

and Lewis' longtime collaborator Johnathan Rice

Jaguar Sound proves that he is one of the most exciting stylists in modern independent music

Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (2026 UK Variant) 2025-11-07 like "Blue Lamp" from HeavyHard Times and Nursery Rhymes builds on singer Mike Ness twin footings, one in the haunted American landscapes of Hank Williams and the other in the raw swagger of Exile era Rolling Stones. While these twin pillars have always been behind Social Distortion's anthemic songs, on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes they come roaring to the fore, in one of the hardest rocking, most soulful albums of Ness's career. From opener California (Hustle and Flow), in a