Tom Morello just dropped a multi-generational protest anthem. "Adjourn It," out today on Mom + Pop, pairs the Rage Against the Machine guitarist with System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian — a longtime touring and political ally — and with Morello's own 15-year-old son Roman, a teenage shredder who closes the track with a full-bore guitar solo.
The song is built like a Morello compendium. The chorus is a rap-metal blast in the lineage of "Bulls on Parade," with Tankian's siren-yelp doing what only Tankian's siren-yelp can do. The verses cool down into something darker and more deliberate, before a thrash bridge tees up Roman's solo. Producer Zakk Cervini — whose recent credits include Bring Me the Horizon, Yungblud, and Aerosmith — keeps everything bulldozer-loud without losing the song's seams.
"At this historical juncture every act of art is an act of resistance, and 'Adjourn It,' a collaboration with longtime friend Serj Tankian and my 15-year-old guitar wiz son Roman Morello, is a clarion call for justice in unjust times," Morello said in a statement. "Inspired by the persecution of immigrants across the land and the heroic resistance to the rising tide of fascism, it's just about damn time to rock for freedom, justice and equality."
Tankian framed the song specifically as a response to ICE: "'Adjourn It' is a protest anthem against the continued barbarism leveled by ICE in the U.S., separating families, racial profiling, and in some cases killing. As a democracy we should be offended that our own government has done this to our brothers and sisters trying to provide a decent lifestyle for their families. There is smart immigration and naturalization policy, then there is this. Most of these cases would be adjourned by judges if given due legal process. Adjourn it!"
The accompanying music video, filmed in part in the studio with all three players, intercuts the band footage with black-and-white scenes from Salt of the Earth, the 1954 independent feature about a strike by Mexican-American zinc miners in New Mexico. The film was made by three Hollywood filmmakers blacklisted during the McCarthy era and has spent decades as a touchstone for political cinema. Folding it into a 2026 protest video is a deliberate move — Morello rarely makes one that isn't.
Morello has been on the ground all year. He helped organize and headline February's Defend Minnesota benefit show in Minneapolis — a fundraiser in the wake of the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, who were killed in separate ICE-related incidents — and joined another anti-ICE demonstration in New York earlier this month. He has been touring with Bruce Springsteen on the "Land of Hope and Dreams" arena run, and his "Fuck ICE" playlist from last summer made headlines in its own right.
"Adjourn It" also serves as a teaser for Morello's broader 2026 plan. His upcoming solo album on Mom + Pop is still untitled publicly, with "Adjourn It" arriving on the heels of his recent single "Pretend You Remember Me." And it's a direct lead-in to the all-star Power to the People festival Morello curated, set for October 3, 2026 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The lineup pairs Tankian with Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Joan Baez, Dropkick Murphys, Brittany Howard, Dave Matthews, Cypress Hill, Killer Mike, Jack Black, Taylor Momsen, and the Linda Lindas, among others, with Morello headlining.
Multi-generational guest-verse posse cuts about ICE aren't usually a thing. But "Adjourn It" lands because the people on it have been writing this exact kind of song for decades, and because Roman Morello — fifteen and credibly shredding — is a working guitarist instead of a stage prop. If the rest of Morello's record carries this much steel, it could be his loudest, most politically urgent solo project in years.