American rock band The Killers have released a new single and music video, “Land Of The Free”, the band’s first song since their fifth LP, 2017’s Wonderful, Wonderful. Spike Lee directed the music video for the new song, which he shot over a number of weeks, traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border to film migrant families entering the States.

The four-piece band addresses a wide range of topics in their new tune, including their distaste for Donald Trump‘s proposed border wall, our country’s dire need to reform gun control laws, and America’s continuous struggle with racism.

In a Facebook statement, frontman Brandon Flowers explains that “Land Of The Free”‘s lyrics originated in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting:

On December 14th, 2012, I woke up, unlocked my phone and, like so many others, saw the pleas to ‘Pray for Sandy Hook’. The news was devastating. Heart-wrenching. A gut punch. But, sadly, not as shocking as it should have been. As a father I’ll never fully comprehend what that community and those parents went through. But my church upbringing taught me to mourn with those that mourn and I did it the best way that I knew how. I cried for those kids and teachers. I got on my knees and I prayed for those families.

We dishonor our values, our ancestors and our heritage when we tear gas our brothers and sisters seeking asylum. I see my family in the faces of these vulnerable people. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that my grandmother and her family immigrated from Lithuania to escape the U.S.S.R.’s oppression. They chose to leave everything they knew behind to come to America and work grueling jobs in dangerous coal mines, rather than endure tyranny at home. I love my country. I know that these are complicated issues but whether you stand to the left, right, or straddle the line, you’ve gotta believe that we can do better.

Watch The Killers’ new “Land Of The Free” music video below:

The Killers – “Land Of The Free”

[Video: TheKillersMusic]

[H/T Consequence of Sound]