I HATE WHAT I CRAVE WHEN I WANT TO BE DOMINATED. AND YES IT STILL GETS ME. NO PLEASURE WITHOUT SELLING MYSELF OUT. I AM THAT STUPID MYTH: A CONSTANT BETRAYAL AND I AM COMPLICIT. I HAVE NO MEMORY AND I AM SO FULL OF SHIT AND FRESH BLOOD AND MILK FOR YOU TO SUCK. I WILL BE YOUR PRETTY PAWN ON A PEDESTAL, IN THAT GILDED CAGE. I WILL DENY MY PAST AND MY PEOPLE AND MY OWN SELF. I AM THAT UGLY TRUTH: COMPLICIT IN THE CONSTANT BETRAYAL. BLANK.
I PROMISE NOW AND HERE TO MYSELF AND TO YOU WHO HAVE BLED AND TORN SO MUCH TO BE TRUE: ONE DAY I WILL NOT GET OFF ON BEING HELD DOWN.
I WILL BE NOBODY’S PRETTY PAWN. I WILL NOT FUCK MYSELF DEAD WITH A SYSTEM THAT FUCKS YOU. I WON’T CASUALLY TRAMPLE YOU FOR SCRAPS FROM FASCISTS. I PROMISE. THIS IS JUST MY STUPID STORY, BUT I CAN SWEAR TO YOU THAT THERE WILL BE NO DEFEAT. NO COMPROMISE. NO DEFEAT.
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
Rising Texas band continue the crushing momentum of 2018's debut with a
streamlined EP showcasing their uncompromising screamo sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 28, 2019