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Leo’s hand of doom: update
Leo's hand of doom, yesterday
Leo’s hand operation this week was a success – after a few setbacks largely caused by epic administrative fails in the Italian hospital where he was, they’ve finally cut him up and worked out what was wrong.
Apparently the steam-powered cogs that drive his supersonic fingers got tangled up with the metal chains and it was causing a bit of hassle. But it’s been sorted, and he should be back in action in a few weeks.
What this means is we should be back to normal by September, and the problem that has made him unable to play a few shows in a row (due to huge swelling and pain in his hand) should now be gone.
We’ll keep you updated!
-jt-
New album preview #3 – Division
Morally impaired
Hello all… apologies for the delay in this 3rd instalment of the album previews, we were busy planning domination (and finishing off the album)
Next up is track 3 on the album… simply known as ‘Division’ – now, I have a secret to share. Some of you who have been with the band since the early days will recognise some these lyrics… they were part of an old track of ours called The Human Method, a song that we haven’t played live for many years now. I was always so attached to these lyrics that I never really wanted the let the song go, so I figure I would simply recycle them (isn’t that what a good liberal like me should be doing?) and give them a new lease of life.
The funny thing is the song itself (or at least the main riff) is also recycled from an old track that Leo had kicking around from one of his old bands – once again it was something that he didn’t want to go wasted so we decided to bring it back to life as something new. The result is a huge, heavy track with the most anthemic chorus we’ve ever produced.
Lyrically it deals with the more intellectually challenged percentage of our society, and the way blind faith in a dogmatic cause simply perpetuates the reasons why a war or problem exists in the first place, backed up by a never-ending stream of news and (mis)information from television networks, who in turn created the political machines that put us in the mess in the first place.
This song is punctuated by Keep Calm and Carry On, later on in the album and preceded by Murdocracy in terms of the lyrical concept.
Here’s the words:
Division
a madman stares through the looking glass and holds us in his hands
the endless chant of the war machine on your TV screens
the future of our way of life depends on this
for those of you who are morally impaired
the president will be crying in your place
but we’re only doing what we know is best for you
the way it’s always been here
revenge will be at six today, just before the evening news
the endless chant of the war machine on your TV screen
the future of our way of life depends on this
for those of you who are morally impaired
the president will be crying in your place
but we’re only doing what we know is best for you
the way it’s always been here
New album preview #2 – Murdocracy
White Collar Criminal
The second track of the album is “Murdocracy”, probably one of the best tracks we’ve ever written.
We’re really excited about this one, and we can’t wait for you all to hear it yourselves. Musically, in some ways it’s a foray into new ground for us again… heavier, faster, more intense and complex; but there’s also a return to the more progressive and epic sounds of our first couple of EPs (Emotion Sickness for example)…. this kind of a running theme throughout the album.
More complex songs, heavier, faster where it needs to be, but also slower and more reserved in other parts. We’ve gone to both ends of the extremes much more than ever before.
Lyrically it’s big, visceral and uncompromising. I don’t think it needs much of an explanation. Here goes:
murdocracy
tell me what you believe
that hysteria is written by men who are paid to believe
what their leaders were told
like the bravery of fighting a war by remote control
we worshipped the pillars of greed
and the silent majority shuffled along with muted dissent
as white collar criminals gambled their empires away
but you’ve got blood on your hands
but you’ve got blood on your hands
but it’s not a question of faith
there’s a man with a cross in his hands
and a darkness that burns through his soul
if your god does exist, then you’ll be the first to burn
but you’ve got blood on your hands
but you’ve got blood on your hands
Our new album, ‘Glasnost’ will be out in Autumn 2010 via Headroom records.
New album preview #1 – Glasnost
Not the new album cover
As promised earlier, here is the first instalment of the lyric / track listing preview of our new album, Glasnost – which will be released later in 2010 via Headroom Records.
Perhaps a little controversially, we’ve decided to start the album with the title track, Glasnost. A lot of you have heard this track before (we’ve been playing it live since September ‘09) – it’s much quicker and more to the point than anything we’ve done before but we felt it really sets the tone for the rest of the album with its open and direct sound. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Lyrically, it’s also something of a departure for me… and I don’t just mean it because I’m not writing about being pissed off with “the man” – I’ve done that before with other tracks, although admittedly I am generally quite unhappy with “the man”).
Glasnost deals with new subjects, new horizons, different ways of seeing things. Which in itself is a good representation of the album as a whole. The evolution of a band constantly in a moment of change.
glasnost
the confession that you made
as she pulled you under
was in the distance in your eyes
it changes everything
and everything changes
but this is only a feeling
escape is in the mind
because who we are is all i have
it changes everything
and everything changes
The meaning? I’ll leave that one to you. To me, it’s about accepting change. But we all see things differently…
