Singer/songwriter Domenic Cicala will be releasing new standalone single “Enough Is Enough” on May 25th, 2026, and it’s a song clearly created “in response to the current state of the world.” With Rock edges to its Americana bedrock, the song falls quite clearly into the category of protest music, but it also brings several collaborators along for the march.

The song is described as “a statement for anyone who feels the noise has gone too far.” While a fair number of musicians, artists, writers, and public figures of all kinds have spoken out about any number of unsettling developments in America and in America’s involvement in foreign affairs, ranging from the open injustices of ICE raids to the war in Iran right now, these statements clearly must continue. It’s a matter of personal conviction for artists, but also a matter of necessary public discussion, to keep highlighting just how far America has drifted from its ideals and how little seems to be happening right now to correct that course.

Domenic Cicala clearly faced some intense emotions and reactions to the state of the world in order to write and record “Enough Is Enough”, but he also gave some careful thought to the sound and the message that he wanted to convey. It’s a simple song in many ways, and perhaps Cicala chooses that mode because there is just so much “noise” and so much distraction in the world that it makes clear statements very hard to make. It may sometimes even seem impossible to do so. So Cicala narrows it down, asking questions, in order to make one clear statement and holds onto that, “enough is enough.” There are some old minefields that the song intentionally avoids, not wanting to be the “same old song” that divides between “red or blue.”

Instead, the song delves into specific details, visual imagery that should provoke emotion about human treatment of other humans, like “kids in cuffs” and the feeling of there being no hope. The song continues, with its rolling beat, and fairly downtrodden, honest tone, to appeal to human beings beyond any partisan lines, reaching for things most of us learn as children, like the Golden Rule. Without actually saying it, the song seems to ask, “Is this the country and world that you want to live in? If not, then say something, speak up.” There is an intentionally rock-bottom feeling to the song, and a hope that speaking from a place of such honesty will be heard and meet with similar expressions from others.

Something that is evident is that the song is the work of many hands, and that adds to the overall statement that it makes. Multiple instrumentalists, and quite a number of vocalists, take part in the song, building up its layers, its marching tone, and its defiant statement. That lifts the song from a weary admonition to the chant of a small army digging out their final defenses and refusing to go with the flow. Many may recognize the tone and feeling of the song from their own lives, but hopefully the sense of collective agreement will bring them some additional energy to keep resisting. Hearing the song may just put a little extra gas in the engine, so to speak, and keep us moving forward after all.

Domenic Cicala shares about the song:

This started as a co-write with the  talented singer/songwriter Donna Brooks. We knew from the beginning that we wanted something anthemic, so the chorus had to be short, direct, and hit hard. I played the initial progression with the intention of leaning into more of an Americana feel, but once the song was finished, I started playing it in eighth-note triplets and began hearing it as something much bigger and more bombastic.

When we brought the band together, I described the sound I wanted as somewhere between Social Distortion and Alice Cooper — and that’s ultimately where this production landed.

On the song, we hear Domenic Cicala on vocals and guitar, Billy Coulter on harmony vocals and guitar, Arch Alcantara on bass and guitar, Andy Hamburger on drums, and Michelle Hannan on harmony vocals.

We also hear a “People’s Choir” consisting of the following: Dominica Knapp, MIchelle Hannan, Jason Hannan, Shannon Bielski, Fermin Delsalto, Austin Kelser, Tiffany Martin, Howard Parker, Elsie Wright, Gary Palmer, Dave Bitler, and Casey Haberman. The song also features Donna Brooks as a soloist.