VIOLENCE IN YOUR HEAD, VIOLENCE ON THE STREET
EVERYBODY’S FIGHTING, FIGHTING TO GET A PIECE
AND WHEN IT’S SAID AND DONE
WHAT IS LEFT FOR YOU?
YOU’VE GOT A DEAD END JOB JUST TO KEEP YOURSELF AFLOAT
BUT YOUR FRIENDS AND SUBCULTURE ARE WHAT MATTER MOST
AIN’T NO FEEBLE BASTARD, NO FUCKING SCAPEGOAT
AS IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER WAY
YOU LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
DAYS SLIP BY, SO MUCH FOR MY YOUTH
DON’T WANNA WASTE MY DAYS IN A THREE PIECE SUIT
NO COMPANY MAN, NO CORPORATE STOOGE
THE BOSS TAKES WHAT LITTLE POWER YOU POSSESS
STAMPS IT OUT UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT
ALL THE WHILE FEIGNING BENEVOLENCE
THERE AIN’T NO CHOICE WHEN STARVATION’S THE ALTERNATIVE
AS IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER WAY
MAKE YOUR MARK, MAKE THE BASTARDS PAY
IT’S ALL YOU’VE EVER KNOWN
YOU DIDN’T HAVE A CHOICE, IT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR BONES
SURVIVAL - STRUGGLE AND STRIFE
ONE LOOK AT YOU AND I LOVE MY LIFE
WE SERVE ANOTHER MAN’S GREED AS OUR POTENTIAL ROTS
SELF DETERMINATION IN A FUCKING BOX
THE LIONS SHARE, BY TOOTH OR BY CLAW
STRIKE, UPSET, SABOTAGE
Powerful in every way, this DC hardcore group's first full-length is the siren song to having no home as a person of color—in punk, in society, in America. It could not have arrived at a more appropriate time. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 15, 2016
Terrific goth-y post-punk from Pittsburgh full of knifepoint guitars, threatening atmospheres, and vocals delivered with a scowl. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 10, 2022
My favorite albums of 2023, #6.
The bastard child of early Venom and Black Flag, with just a touch of The Wipers' pop instincts. Amazingly underproduced, it sounds like it was recorded on a boombox. Levrikon