Their 2019 album<\/p>\n
Tracklist:
\n1. Charlie Foxtrot
\n2. Police the Police
\n3. House of Cards
\n4. Boat Rockers
\n5. Sky High
\n6. War Games
\n7. General Strike
\n8. Slumlord
\n9. Well Runs Dry<\/p>\n
Start shootin\u2019 fast, ask questions later
\nToo many times, get drunk on power
\nBully civilians, watch \u2018em cower<\/p>\n
Always known for their uncompromising social and political messages, the Canadian collective hit harder than ever on 9 new tracks, outing the hypocrisy of modern day politics, police brutality and the everyday struggle of the working man. Led by chief songwriter and arranger Pierre Chr\u00e8tien, the band continue to evolve their sound, drawing on a broad palette from their trademark Latin, Afro and Caribbean styles to some of the UK\u2019s political sounds of the early \u201880s, the era of The Clash, The Police, 2-Tone and frontline reggae. \u201cWe were basically messing around with the idea of creating our own brand of \u2018Afro-punk\u2019\u201d, remembers Chr\u00e9tien, \u201csomething with the aggressive, in-your-face energy of punk rock or free jazz, but still backed by the hypnotic, pulsating grooves of tropical music.\u201d
\nThe album takes the listener from carefully targeted sonic missiles to more reflective thought-provoking moments. \u2018Police The Police\u2019 starts the offensive: \u201cI wrote this after my neighbour was beaten to death by Ottawa police during an arrest,\u201d explains Chr\u00e9tien. \u201cThe authorities downplayed the incident and the officers were working the next day like nothing had happened.\u201d \u2018House Of Cards\u2019 takes a thinly veiled swipe at the current US administration on an infectious disco groove: \u201clies within lies within lies\u2026 like so many Russian dolls\u201d; \u2018Boat Rockers\u2019 challenges us all to look beyond accepted norms and \u2018General Strike\u2019 documents the frustrations of the working class as the pay gap gets increasingly wider; \u2018Slumlord\u2019 shines the spotlight on dodgy landlords while the brilliant closer \u2018Well Runs Dry\u2019 laments modern day living, with its confused pace and mundane obsessions, remembering simpler days gone by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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