For generations of great American songwriters, the music and the message have been inextricably linked. Word and deed are one in the same, and the only thing more moving than the rousing call to action is the evocative melody that transports the words like a shell casing. These are fire-breathing poets of justice who sing about ordinary people in extraordinary ways, and can turn the world inside out with three chords and the truth. These are the tenets by which STATE RADIOs Chad Stokes Urmston, Chuck Fay, and Mike Mad Dog Najarian are driven, and they once again flex that strength and sense of purpose on their third album, LET IT GO. But this is no soapbox symposium.

Its the only way I know how to do it, says singer/guitarist Stokes about the bands impassioned social consciousness. Its the only way State Radio has done it. This has always been an organic, grassroots thing. Its about trying to be true to what we do.

The New Album Let It Go - In stores 9/29/09