The line between folk rock and punk has been whittled down to little more than a shadow over the past decade, with everyone from Chuck Ragan and Frank Turner to Dave Hause unplugging over the years for a quieter sound but still singing full-throated, political, and societal anthems from time to time. Though the San Francisco-based Mickelson (aka Scott Mickelson) may be a little more on the folk rock/Americana end of the spectrum, there are still plenty of post-punk musical flourishes throughout his latest, Known To Be Unknown. He also doesn’t sidestep politics, as can be heard on the opening track, “UNarmed American,” a powerful song that deftly handles the issue of gun violence in the U.S., (“Teachers should be teaching/Not reaching for a drawer/Or silently screaming when the devils at th...
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