| Songs for the Underclass | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Art Bergmann |
| Cover: | File:ArtBergmannSongsfortheUnderclassAlbumCover.jpg |
| Released: | August 26, 2014 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 24:09 |
| Label: | Weewerk |
| Producer: | Lorrie Matheson |
| Prev Title: | Lost Art Bergmann |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | The Apostate |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Songs for the Underclass is an EP by Art Bergmann, released August 26, 2014 on weewerk.[1]
Prior to writing and recording the EP, Bergmann had spent several years effectively retired from the music business. Living on a farm in rural Alberta while recovering from degenerative arthritis,[2] he continued to perform sporadic live shows and released two albums of archival demo recordings, but had not recorded a new album since 1998's Design Flaw.[3] The EP, one of the most explicitly political works of Bergmann's career, was inspired by his renewed anger at the direction of contemporary politics,[4] and was supported by his most extensive tour of concert dates since the 1990s.[4]