Hype Machine Favorites Vol. 2

You wake up to the smell of smoke. It is almost light. Car alarms and police sirens wail but cannot drown out the chants of the crowd at the end of your street. Through the smoke, you see that they are waving hammers and crowbars. Their leader is screaming into a megaphone that we should surrender now - ask anyone from anywhere else. He says they are the Gun-Gun Dogh. Rocks are being thrown your way. You think to yourself..."Gun-Gun Dogh...where have I heard that name before?".

Gun Gun Dogh (Single)

When you talk to yourself in the mirror, who do you think you are talking to? When did your parents last lie to you? Every thing you buy is empty on the inside. Every time you follow someone else you feel lost and lonely. Sometimes the sidewalk moves like a river. There is nowhere else to go. What's the point anyways? You are a square peg in a round hole. You didn't make the hole that you are in. Don't worry about what people think of you. Worry about what you think of yourself. You are an unwritten book. It's your story. You are the hero. You make the rules. Move everything out of the way until you can see your future. No-one can live your life. Spoil yourself rotten. You deserve it. Sometimes every one else is wrong. Maybe this is one of those times.

Go_Go_17 (Single)

Look at this prick. He has so many red flags waving around, he's lit up like a parade. He's really smart - Apex Predator. Really fucking dangerous. Can trick a snake into eating his own face. We are just toys and snacks to guys like this. He uses people up like a bag of ketchup. He has never been busted for anything. That suit must be worth three grand at least. Guys like him never come to places like this. Why is he here?.... Dude...... He's talking to your sister. You should do something

Jim Newton: Vocals, Guitar
Erkan Gencol: Programming, Noises.
Don Binns: Bass Guitar.
Sean Stubbs: Drums.

Recorded at HippoSonic Studio – Vancouver, BC
Recorded by Dave Ogilvie and Liam Moes
Produced by Rat Silo and Dave Ogilvie
Mixed By Anthony “Fu” Valcic at Fudio - Halfmoon Bay (xwilkway), BC
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering – Vancouver, BC

Never Walk Home Alone (Single)

Revolution - Ha! It will never happen on my watch. People are weak - Too lazy to think - too scared to vote. Feed them enough garbage and they will learn to love the taste. No need for police when family members will rat each other out for a pair of jeans. Distract and bounce on their bumpy little heads, that's what I say. Keep them away from Science and History. Keep big business in your pocket and let them make a ton of money. Tax the poor, worship the rich. Everybody has a price, and I already know what your price is. Talk is cheap. You're fired, by the way. You got 20 minutes to get the fuck out of my building.

Jim Newton: Vocals, Guitar
Erkan Gencol: Programming, Noises.
Don Binns: Bass Guitar.
Sean Stubbs: Drums.

Recorded at HippoSonic Studio – Vancouver, BC
Recorded by Dave Ogilvie and Liam Moes
Produced by Rat Silo and Dave Ogilvie
Mixed By Anthony “Fu” Valcic at Fudio - Halfmoon Bay (xwilkway), BC
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering – Vancouver, BC

Cantrustaman (Single)

Yes, I did it. I knew it was wrong and I did it anyways. I watched my hands do it. I did it. I am here. He is not. What does THAT mean? He is gone. Where is your God now? Would I run if you let me? I see how you look at me. I deserve worse. It is all the truth and all a lie. It is day and night at the same time all of the time. I have nothing left to give. I threw everything away. Who cares what I think? The Bible says that Hell is the absence of the beloved. You cross the threshold that defines you and you are no longer human. You don't need to be judged. You will never find redemption. You are writing a story and you cannot bear to end it. Everything that is alive is repulsed by you. Death will not spare you. This goes on forever. All stories have an ending. This is unwritten. Keep walking until you reach the end of the road. There is no map. There are no choices. Born to suffer. Suffer to die. The clock ticks. The heart beats. When does the screaming stop?

Jim Newton: Vocals, Guitar
Erkan Gencol: Programming, Noises.
Don Binns: Bass Guitar.
Sean Stubbs: Drums.

Recorded at HippoSonic Studio – Vancouver, BC
Recorded by Dave Ogilvie and Liam Moes
Produced by Rat Silo and Dave Ogilvie
Mixed By Anthony “Fu” Valcic at Fudio - Halfmoon Bay (xwilkway), BC
Mastered by Brock McFarlane at CPS Mastering – Vancouver, BC

Killedaman (Single)

No no no...not like that...that's not going to work...why don't you try something else?...what makes you think this is a good idea?...why don't you just give up?...where do these ideas come from?...nobody else is doing it this way...what makes you think this will work?...who showed you how to do it like that?...what was that?...why did that happen?...this doesn't make sense...this can't be right...no no no...this is not possible...you are wrong...this can't be right...I can't believe that you just did that...this makes absolutely no sense...if you're so special, why aren't you rich?...no no no...this can't be right

You're Doing It Wrong (Single)

Rat Silo: /ratˈsīlō/
noun
1. Sonically prodigious contusive post-rockpunk methodically devised and surgically executed by four entirely disparate humans and their electronically enhanced acoustic output machines.

Rat Silo is: Jim Newton, Don Binns, Sean Stubbs, Erkan Gencol.

Rat Silo is a band formed in 2007, featuring Jim Newton, formerly of the seminal Canadian rock band Sons of Freedom. Their debut album, What the Butler Saw, was recorded in a three-day session with Don Binns on bass (Sons of Freedom, TrailerHawk, Econoline Crush, Art Bergmann), Sean Stubbs on drums (Numb, SNFU, Jakalope, Bif Naked), Finn Manniche on guitar (the Jazzmanian Devils, Van Django), and Dave Osbourne on keyboards (5440). Mark Henning produced and engineered the album.

Their second album, doubleplusungood, was recorded by Rob Handel (The Bad Beers) and mixed by Mark Henning, released in April 2009. The band continued to evolve with their third album, The Great Northern Way, recorded and mixed by Dave Ogilvie at Vancouver’s legendary Mushroom Studios and released in October 2011.

In 2017, Rat Silo regrouped and began creating new material, adding Erkan Gencol on loops and noises. This period of renewed creativity led to the release of the single I Sacrifice: A Veteran’s Lament in November 2019, recorded and mixed by Mike Foster at Blackfish Sound.

Rat Silo’s fourth album, The World Is Going To End Tomorrow, was recorded and mixed by Dave “Rave” Ogilvie and Anthony “Fu” Valcic at Hipposonic Studios (formerly Little Mountain Studios) and released in May 2020. The album reflected the band's evolving sound and continued commitment to their craft.

In May and August of 2022, Rat Silo released two singles, "The World Is Going to End Tomorrow" and "Head on a Stick", from their upcoming album Unfortunately.... These songs were written during various intermittent band rehearsals amidst the 2020-21 COVID pandemic. The tracks were recorded at Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver, BC in December 2021 by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and mixed shortly after by Anthony "Fu" Valcic at his home studio in Halfmoon Bay, BC. Unfortunately... was released on November 21, 2022.

In 2024, with a new label partnership with Montreal's SODEH Records, Rat Silo released the single Gun Gun Dogh in May and Go_Go_17 in June. These are the first of six singles from the upcoming album Id, set to be released later in 2024. The nine tracks from Id were recorded at Vancouver's Hipposonic Studios in 2023 by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and Liam Moes, and mixed by Anthony "Fu" Valcic at his home studio in Halfmoon Bay, BC.

Rat Silo makes music for desperate times. Setting up tight, bottom-heavy grooves and mixing in samples for added texture makes a juicy base for the singer's voice. Rat Silo uses machines  but, the machines sync to the band, so, the tempos change during songs more organically. Lyrics are mostly from the urban angst / post-apocalypse / blind-rage bucket.

You're Doing It Wrong (Single)

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