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PTS​.​DUP

by Enola Gay

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Following a band member being brutalised in a sectarian attack that left him with a fractured skull, we felt a lot of raw hatred and some shame. After processing this, we reflected on the tribalism that fuelled the attack and our anger that followed. The attackers themselves are victims of jingoistic rhetoric that is insidiously normalised in the north of Ireland. In a country still suffering remnants of The Troubles, young people left in the middle of the road turn to alt-right political parties masquerading as conservatism such as the DUP, searching for a sense of belonging. With talks of a united Ireland looming we should consider how and why Unionists feel and fear that they will be left with nowhere to call home when they shouldn’t have to.

lyrics

One hundred years living under the blood-red hand
A state of fear, forsaken by the mainland
Never, never, never had to handle the truth
Because only the winners write the history books

Nobody's culture should ever be dismissed
Just remember 15 million Brits forgot we exist
Now we're just 'the border problem' that they didn't think through
And the party worth a billion haven't a fucking clue

Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally

One hundred years living under the blood-red hand
No healing time to march on blood-stained land
Nothing to be proud of just the absence of truth
Have you ever tried comparing your kid’s history books?

Maintain the division, let your trauma dictate decisions
Execute the executive like the Spanish Inquisition
There’s no room for religion- tradition built on suspicion
Decommission partition; make reformation our mission

Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally
Is burning flags meant to be a part of your identity?
A wall becomes an entity you can only kill mentally


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credits

released April 4, 2023
Music by:
Joe McVeigh & Adam Cooper

Lyrics by:
Fionn Reilly & Joe McVeigh

Produced by:
Johnny Hostile & Joe McVeigh

Recorded at Meadows Recordings by:
Rian Trench & Robert Watson (Scan)

Mastered by:
LOPAZZ of MixMastering.de


Performers

Vocals: Fionn Reilly
Guitar: Joe McVeigh
Bass: Adam Cooper
Drums: Luke Beirne

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Enola Gay Belfast, UK

Belfast-based Irish noise-punk 4-piece formed in late 2019. Offering venomous hip-hop-inspired vocals that are as uncompromising as the guitars are unforgiving, layered on a rhythm section that draws as much from left-field electronica and techno as it does from post-punk heroes of the late 70s.

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