Los Angeles anarcho-punk collective Gottlieb have released their scathing new single and video, What Are You Worth?, that serves as the second offering from the band’s upcoming debut album, The Far Fallen Fruit, that is due out on the 1st May via Quiet Panic Records. Fusing the volatile edge of hardcore with post-punk tension, What Are You Worth? delivers a confrontational critique of modern capitalism and the widening divide between working people and the ruling class. The song channels the anger and urgency that have come to define Gottlieb’s rising presence in the underground punk scene. The track arrives with a striking music video that draws on imagery tied to the elite power structures the band targets in the song. Referencing the ongoing cultural reckoning around the Epstein files, the track and video frame the issue within a broader indictment of the oligarchs and institutions the band believes profit from exploitation and systemic inequality.
“What Are You Worth?” is an interrogation of the double-standard that America presents to its working class. In times of inflation, we are expected to endure stagnating wages but we are also expected to rationalize record corporate profits, increasing cost of living, and longer work hours. In 2026, this commodification occurs under the shadow of an even more horrific truth: the same oligarchs exploiting the working class are also trafficking our children, and treating this planet as a fucked up all-inclusive resort. We invoke the image of these monsters in this song to point to mounting revolution. It is based heavily on the work of Richard Wolf.” (vocalist Andrew Pescara)
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