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From the River to the Sea: The Horrible Truth About Palestine - a Fundraiser for the United Palestinian Appeal

by Audio Antihero

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Jeremy / HI54LOFI I'm a sucker for a good compilation for a good cause and that's what this is. Favorite track: Say My Name.
Beanie Ben ✨
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Beanie Ben ✨ Great tunes for a great cause. Nice to see the Antihero dragged out of retirement for this one. ✨ Favorite track: Say My Name.
Gavin Hellyer
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Gavin Hellyer Excellent collection from this highly respected indie label. I found it through Benjamin Shaw aka Megadead, and it's all pretty worthwhile. Favorite track: Chief of the Dead.
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megadead incredibly happy to be involved with this 🇵🇸 Favorite track: Marsha.
Jamie (Audio Antihero)
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Jamie (Audio Antihero) So pleased with this compilation. Songs by Frog, HARDCOREBAE, bedbug, Laptop Funeral, Kahlil Ali and many more. It's really something.

If you'd like to learn more about Palestine please watch the film "Gaza Fights for Freedom" -
youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s Favorite track: no indictment / hang yourself.
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Days go fast Night’s a bitch And I can’t move on From this Itch A lonely holiday I never thought I’d fall apart I never thought I’d be this way The night’s a bitch Taking on me, All over me I’m lonely and horny again My life’s all shit Taking on me, All over me I’m lonely and crazy again My body’s numb My mind is sick And I want to lose, so I can quit A lonely holiday I never thought I’d fall apart I never thought I’d be this way The night’s a bitch Taking on me, All over me I’m lonely and horny again My life’s all shit Taking on me, All over me I’m lonely and crazy again
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backed up down the country lane the ambulance screams out of frame rubbernecking rubbernecking the scent of death, it beckons as you drive away fuck with baby just don’t tell me your name shhh a second won’t you tell me where you came from just a second just a second the scent of death it beckons as you drive away last night i fucking killed a man last night i fucking killed a man and you know it didn’t change shit and you know it didn’t change anything theres a fire in the minivan and the gasoline stains on your little hands its just rubbernecking, failure beckons you go to work, and iron your shirt and count the seconds where all your records don’t do dirt and hike your skirt up its an old black tone coming through this microphone the melody man, i don't know the truth be told, it might be thousands of years old psst psst excuse me miss excuse me, i think i saw you on the number 6 train you were next to the front right doors and i think you might’ve been commuting? i’m a bad boy, motherfucker look me in the eye boy i’m a fat boy, i’m aladdin and the 40 thieves i will steal into your bed with ease and i fuck to kill i’m davy crockett, king of the wild frontier boy, tell me true its just rubbernecking, failure beckons you go to work, and iron your shirt and count the seconds where all your records don’t do dirt, just hike your skirt
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I don’t mind when a Kennedy dies, I don’t mind when two Kennedys die. I’ll never own my home, I’ll never make a change. We live to serve a class smaller than us, But I love the birds, I love the trees I love the flowers, I love the sea So have a few drinks, Make a couple friends, Write a few words, Sing a couple songs, Make a some fat beats, Rent a home, Be alone, Do whatever. Sometimes doing something is better than it isn’t, Sometimes being alive is better than it isn’t. I don’t mind when a Kennedy dies, I don’t mind when a Roosevelt dies. Hey. Did your friends in Australia like the song? Did your mates in Croydon sing along? My pal in Japan said it wasn’t his thing, But he’s a sweet guy, so it’s okay. My mum think it’s nice that I’m trying to sing, My wife thinks it’s good that I’m not always drinking. And I don’t know who’ll listen to this, And I don’t know who could like this, But if you’ve heard me for a second or two, Then it’s cool as shit to be alive with you.
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On my throat I wrote your name I keep you wit’ me like a stain Got dirty reasons not to stay Two crippled islands in the rain Now throw it up please go away Got holy rollers in my brain They’re crying baby let me stay Outside its blue and black and grey Oh yeah it’s blue and black and grey Cause you’re the only one I know I got this story that I wrote I got you in it quote for quote Hey Bobby pass on down this note Do you like me yes or no Still got your name up on my throat Bury you deep down like a stone Dig in the dirt and say hello Deep in my roots is where you grown Cause you're the only one I know
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Swiftly moving water calms me down when I just can't get myself up off of the ground. You show me what it's like to love myself and someone else at the same time. Hope - it's not a dangerous thing when two people like us are taking turns steering. It meant so much that I wrote it down - how you and I went 1,000 miles without burning out. Hold me - I am crying. But this time I'm not crying from the blues. hold me - I am crying. I just feel so much when I see something pretty when I'm with you. I just feel so much when I see something pretty when I'm with you.
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Pak zikh ayn, pak zikh ayn Ver ken nit dos refreyn Dort muz men zayn nisht gelingen Mirn zey dos lidl zingen Pak zikh ayn, pak zikh ayn Pack your things, move along It’s time to sing the same old song We live our lives in many places Braiding together our many faces Pack your things, pack your things Time to go, we sing again Been crossing borders since Eden We will never be confined We carry homeland in our mind Pak zikh ayn, pak zikh ayn Though my voice is wearing thin When it cracks the light gets in So I sing, so I sing In dokh zing ikh, oy oy oy, zing ikh (Yet still I sing) In dokh tantz ikh, oy oy oy, tantz ikh (Yet still I dance) In dokh leyb ikh, oy oy oy, leyb ikh (Yet still I live) The task ahead is incomplete We may not finish, but cannot retreat Remember the Nakba, the key and lock Remember the tea was still hot Pak zikh ayn, pak zikh ayn And though they say I have no home No land on which to rest my bones Mir zaynen do, and still I live Aza yor af mayne sonim Vos fara tam vos fara ponim In mayn vandl af di vegn S’hot mayn lebn, mayn farmegn Pak zikh ayn, pak zikh ayn I wish upon my enemies Stiff arms that cannot bend or swing We will starve ‘til we discover In doykeit we can feed each other Though my body cannot stand Though I have no feet or hands Still I dance, still I dance In dokh tantz ikh, oy oy oy, tantz ikh In dokh zing ikh, oy oy oy, zing ikh In dokh leyb ikh, oy oy oy, leyb ikh With this body full of sorrow Broken bones still hurt tomorrow We’ll fight along side one another Our freedom is bound up with each other So we live, together we live In dokh leyb ikh, oy oy oy, leyb ikh In dokh tantz ikh, oy oy oy, tantz ikh In dokh zing ikh, oy oy oy, zing ikh
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‘From the River to the Sea: The Horrible Truth About Palestine - A Fundraiser for the United Palestinian Appeal" brings together more than twenty eclectic artists, poets and bands in countries like Palestine, the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, Australia and Japan with songs in English, Yiddish and Arabic.

It is both a fundraiser and a show of solidarity from a diverse group of incredible artists including bedbug, Frog, Laptop Funeral, PHONODELICA, Kahil Ali, HARDCOREBAE, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Magana, Brivele, Cloud, SuperKnova and many others.

WATCH: “Gaza Fights for Freedom” (Directed by Abby Martin) from Empire Files - youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s

UNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL:
United Palestinian Appeal seeks to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan, and to contribute to the long-term socioeconomic and cultural development of Palestinian society. upaconnect.org

If you wish to donate directly instead then please do. Email me a receipt and I'll send you a download code - audioantihero.wordpress.com/contact

LABEL STATEMENT:
“It’s been over a year since Audio Antihero last released any music and I’d no plans to bring the label back. But the endless atrocities committed by Israel remind me that we all have to do something to help and openly object. And this is something small that I still kinda know how to do.

The compilation is primarily intended to raise funds for the UPA’s essential work in Palestine. But I also want to show our solidarity with the Palestinian people and our opposition to the Israeli government as well as our own. We cannot be too polite or too afraid to acknowledge that Palestinians are living under apartheid and that even protected classes (children, the disabled, medics, protestors and journalists) face constant acts of racist military violence and assassination which are clearly defined as war crimes. These acts of genocide are supported, defended and funded by so many of our own governments. We don’t have the luxury of feeling unable to comment on this one sided “conflict.”

The artists that appear here span and merge genres like Hip-Hop, Indie Rock, Contemporary Classical, Alternative Pop, Freak Folk, Electronica, Ambient, Drone, Folk Punk, Bedroom Pop, Lo-Fi, Garage Rock, Psych and beyond. These contributors include longtime Audio Antihero roster members, debuting and established artists, award winning composers, published authors and in CHUCK’s case, an artist coming out of several year hiatus to show their support for the cause.

From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.” - Jamie (they/them)
Audio Antihero Records / Broken Broken Bastard

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released July 7, 2021

Compilation artwork and mastering by Megadead. The MVP of this release and of Audio Antihero's entire lifespan. megadud.bandcamp.com

Title and cover art began as an homage to Mission of Burma's "The Horrible Truth About Burma" and wound up being what it is. I'm happy with it.

Special Thanks <3:
Benjamin Shaw
Kathleen Halliday
Ibrahim Ouchikh
Takara Wheeler
Melanie Rodriguez
Maria Alejandra Llorens
Nick Martinez
Tyler Taormina
Jeni Magana
Brendan & Caitlyn Murphy
United Palestinian Appeal

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