Madi Diaz releases blink-182 ‘Enema of the State’ benefit cover album

Following her recent album Fatal Optimist, Madi Diaz has released a full album cover of blink-182‘s essential 1999 LP Enema of the State, to benefit Defending Our Neighbors Fund, which supports immigrants with legal representation. It’s out via ANTI- and available exclusively on Bandcamp.

About how this rather unexpected project came to be, Diaz says, “These recordings started out as a fun light exercise fueled by an eternal love and fandom I have for blink-182 and the record Enema Of The State. I wanted to see if I could let the nostalgia drive my memory for the lyrics and tear through a punky acoustic arrangement. No planning, no overthinking, no analyzing allowed, just ripping into the songs. It was pure fun, pure joy.”

“I started thinking about how incredible the name Enema Of The State is for a record,” she continues. “How the title is somehow so current and politically, culturally, socially, insanely ironic. And we thought maybe we could use this version of Enema Of The (Garden) State to raise awareness and money for people in need of defense and aid in their right to live and work and breathe and be and stay on American soil. Every penny this project generates will go to Defending Our Neighbors Fund. This will help give immigrant families, adults, young children, and so many of those in need of advocates, access to resources through this support system. Thank you so much for listening. For me, it’s become so much more than just a nostalgia for teenage rebellion against mom and dad. Fuck ICE. Enema Of The State Forever.”

Hear “Don’t Leave Me” and “Anthem” below, and purchase the album on Bandcamp.

Madi is on tour through November in North America with shows in Europe and the UK in February. See all dates below.

See where Enema of the State falls in our ranking of blink-182 albums from worst to best.

MADI DIAZ: 2025-2026 TOUR DATES
Thu. Nov. 13 – Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center ^
Fri. Nov. 14 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios ^
Sat. Nov. 15 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret ^
Tue. Nov. 18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
Thu. Nov. 20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell ^ +
Fri. Nov. 21 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s ^
Wed. Feb. 4 – Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
Thu. Feb. 5 – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
Sat. Feb. 7 – Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade
Mon. Feb. 9 – Bristol, UK @ Exchange
Tues. Feb. 10 – Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
Wed. Feb. 11 – London, UK @ Oslo Hackney
Sat. Feb. 14 – Paris, FR @ Les Etoiles
Sun. Feb. 15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Zonnehuis
Wed. Feb. 18 – Berlin, DE @ Mikropol
Thu. Feb. 19 – Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell

^ with Morgan Nagler
+ with Olivia Kaplan