Checking back about Fishbone who have just released a powerful new video, an unflinching visual protest against ICE brutality, racial injustice and the systemic double standards that persist in America today.

The track is featured on their acclaimed new album ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, their first full-length in over two decades. The video for ‘Secret Police’ is not just a callout—it’s a wake-up call. A visual alarm meant to rattle audiences numbed by the daily news cycle. The rest of the summer tour dates are below. The video is a visual gut-punch—unapologetically urgent, unflinchingly raw—and dares to ask the uncomfortable question: why in present day USA is a brown person treated differently than a white person when doing the exact same thing? When asked about ‘Secret Police’ Fishbone’s Chris Dowd shares, “I can’t pinpoint the actual moment the creation of ‘Secret Police’ began. The protestors being run over in Charlottesville, Breonna Taylor, a 4-year-old little girl face down in water, dead, trying to cross the U.S. border. During this ongoing existential/literal crisis, Kyle Rittenhouse on camera shot 3 protesters fatally, ending two human lives in the process, and I knew he was going to walk. There is no jury of your peers when there is no jury that would convict him based on fact, not bias. At that tipping point, ‘Secret Police’ was born and with the current brutally from ICE and DHS it’s all relevant as ever. From the hubris of racism and the pillar of the entitled. A searing indictment of ICE brutality, white supremacy and law enforcement double standards, ‘Secret Police’ is more than a protest song—it’s a wake-up call. In an era where injustice is often normalized through repetition, Fishbone’s new visual serves as an alarm meant to shake audiences out of passive consumption.

Fishbone is currently on the road for the Summer Circus Tour 2025 with Less Than Jake, The Suicide Machines, Bite Me Bambi, Catbite, and will also appear at select dates on the Vans Warped Tour, including a much-anticipated stop in Long Beach.

Summer Circus 2025 w/ Less Than Jake, Fishbone, The Suicide Machines, and Catbite (July 25– August 15)

July:

Friday, July 25 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ

Tuesday, July 29 at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, CA

Wednesday, July 30 at The Observatory North Park in San Diego, CA

August:

Friday, August 1 at Riverside Municipal Auditorium in Riverside, CA

Saturday, August 2 at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA

Monday, August 4 at Revolution Hall in Portland, OR

Tuesday, August 5 at Showbox SoDo in Seattle, WA

Thursday, August 7 at Shrine Social Club in Boise, ID

Friday, August 8 at The Union in Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, August 9 at Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO

Monday, August 11 at Emo’s in Austin, TX

Tuesday, August 12 at House of Blues in Houston, TX

Wednesday, August 13 at The Studio at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, TX

Friday, August 15 at The Pageant in Saint Louis, MO

Saturday, August 16 at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, TN

Fishbone Headlining Shows:

Sunday, August 17 at House of Blues in New Orleans, LA

Tuesday, August 19 at The Vanguard in Tulsa, OK

Thursday, August 21 at Lowbrow Palace in El Paso, TX

Friday, August 22 at Club Congress in Tucson, AZ

Friday, September 27 at West Gate Resort in Las Vegas, NV with The Slackers

Photo by Matt Dessner