Canada’s GRIEVOUS ANGELS offer “In The Time Of Monsters” single + video as new Elbows Up anthem
When Canadian roots rockers Grievous Angels released their latest album Revolution back in the spring, it was difficult to imagine that the country’s relationship with the United States could get much worse. But now, just several months later, an apparent full-scale trade war has made Canadians of all political stripes more determined than ever to stand together.
Grievous Angels, and their driving force, former New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus, continue to do their part, and today share the third single from Revolution, “In The Time Of Monsters,” a song that perfectly meets the moment with a message to fight tyranny in all forms.
Angus succinctly describes “In The Time Of Monsters” as, “one of the most raw and politically charged songs ever recorded by the band. It’s a plea for humanity in a time of monsters and darkness.”
Recorded live-off-the-floor over three days in August 2025 at Toronto’s Canterbury Music Studio with engineer Gretel Milla — and its cover created by Ron Hawkins of Lowest Of The Low — Revolution marks a new chapter for Charlie Angus as the first Grievous Angels album to come following his 20-year political career. He now splits his time between the band and other projects aimed at maintaining Canadian sovereignty.
“We used to see ourselves as a mongrel party band celebrating Canada’s northern working class, but these are different times and this is a different band,” Angus says. “We are much more political, more driven, more intense. It is reflected in the live sound that hits the stage like a locomotive. From a personal perspective, I feel that I can totally focus on the music and the relationship with the audience without the baggage of also being an MP.”
In short, Revolution encapsulates four decades of Grievous Angels performing everywhere from picket lines to major festival stages, all while building a formidable body of work that ranks alongside those of peers such as Billy Bragg and The Mekons. As Billboard Canada stated, “Joe Strummer would be proud.”