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Escalator EP

by Crisis

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    Four-song EP pressed on 180 gm vinyl

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1.
Blind Cities 03:32
Malcolm wakes up in his shed The birds are singing in his head Outside rubble sits in heaps Cars are burning in the streets But there’s nothing to see here But there’s nothing to see here David sits at the factory Thinks about what he can’t see The foreman bribed him for his vote But it all seemed so remote But there’s nothing to see here But there’s nothing to see here Sheila wails at the city wall That towers high above us all Beats her fist upon the surface No way into that edifice But there’s nothing to see here But there’s nothing to see here Trains are speeding through the fields Houses fall and children steal Glass and concrete tower high Above what’s left of you and I But there’s nothing to see here But there’s nothing to see here
2.
Escalator 03:23
They’ve banned pickets And brought back rickets You don’t need to be good at maths To see we’re ruled by sociopaths There’s nothing free about their enterprise If they could own the air we’d all die They rub their hands at wars and epidemics They’d rent out life boats on the Titanic Running up the down escalator A rat trapped in a wheel City rents Living in tents Too tired to fight, too scared to steal Afraid to live, afraid to feel, afraid to feel Running up the down escalator A rat trapped in a wheel
3.
At the Door 03:38
Who’s that slouching toward the dawn? Afterbirth waiting to be reborn With smiling face that means no harm Until they can tattoo your arm And who is this at the door? And who is this behind the wall? And who is this at the door? And who is this building a wall? Spy the spider, beats many drums With a web of Belsen and the Somme The hounds have torn from their tethers An angel of death with tar and feathers And who is this at the door? And who is this behind the wall? And who is this at the door? And who is this building a wall? They’re electing horsemen four To leave you bleeding on the floor They say they think what you feel Then they plough you like a field And who is this at the door? And who is this behind the wall? And who is this at the door? And who is this building a wall? And who is this at the door? And who is this behind the wall? And who is this at the door? And who is this building a wall?
4.
Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words Speak your mind Even if your voice is shaking Speak your mind Even if your voice is shaking Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words The tearing down can be decreed The building up cannot The tearing down can be decreed The building up cannot Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words Feel out the ground Test now one way, now another Feel out the ground Test now one way, now another Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words From the minds of the masses Are forged the weapons of their liberation From the minds of the masses Are forged the weapons of their liberation Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words The masses are the rock Beneath the victory of the revolution The masses are the rock Beneath the victory of the revolution Deeds not words, deeds not words Deeds not words, deeds not words

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released September 28, 2020

Tony Wakeford: bass, vocals. Clive Giblin: guitar. Lloyd James: vocals. Aurora Lee: drums, vocals. Recorded by Felix at Tigersonic on 28th June 2019. Additional recording by Clive Giblin at Big Bunny and Lloyd James at Wooden Lung in 2019 and 2020. Mixed by Clive Giblin at Big Bunny. Mastered by Reza Udhin at Cryonica. Artwork by Axel Torvenius.

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Crisis London, UK

After almost 40 years, punk-rock originals Crisis are back. Crisis’s “songs to march to” once again resonate with audiences both new and old. Their anti-fascist, anti-racist message is still very much relevant in the current Western political climate, as it was at the end of 1970s.
Tony Wakeford: bass.
Clive Giblin: Guitar.
Lloyd James: vocals.
Aurora Lee: drums.
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