R.E.M. is encouraging fans to register to vote with their newly released compilation album We Are Hope Despite The Times. The title of ‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’ is drawn from the lyric, “We are young despite the years / We are concern, we are hope despite the times” from R.E.M.’s song “These Days” (off R.E.M.’s 1986 studio album, Lifes Rich Pageant). 

In correlation with National Voter Registration Day, Constitution Day, and Citizenship Day, the digital compilation features 18 hand-selected R.E.M. tracks, with themes of activism and social responsibility. Songs on the album include “World Leader Pretend,” “Fall on Me,” “Welcome to the Occupation,” “Drive,” “Finest Work Song,” “Turn You Inside-Out,” “Pop Song ’89,” “Stand” and “Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”

The band recommends that fans to visit vote.gov or headcount.org to register to vote or update their voting information.

‘We Are Hope Despite The Times’ is available to stream now.

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