Credits:

Guitars/Bass/Lyrics - AJ and Clipper
Drums - Nick
Mixing - Clipper and Jal of Audioconfusion
Mastering - Jal of Audioconfusion

Lyrics:

When the light strikes and my position is right
And my thoughts are collected
My eyes open wide and then melt in the glow
I've got the right tools, the right materials, my mind is protected.
I respect expertise, but there are still some things...
Some things I don't wanna know.

And now the old man's back again
Unexpected and sudden
There's not one inch of space that he can't occupy
I want that to be me, I wanna be the one
I wanna press the button
I wanna choose when I live, I wanna choose when I die.

Rewind the tape.

I wish I had grown as a plant, as a vine.
Should have dropped out and bulked up.
Wrestled in the underground for a while,
Sold tangerines by the shore.
And we can all dream of what could have been.

You are the result of a chaotic series of cosmic coincidence.
And so many days of that consequence are squandered at the altar of profit.
And your legs are sore from standing all day. You've got a right to sit
And you're tired of telling them to wear masks. You're fucking sick of it
I am watching Godzilla movies and something ancient once reigned.
And there's more to this. Another world exists.

Rewind the tape.

Rewind

episodic, Western-influenced electronic track

wild arms

"Things Fall Apart"

Inspired by W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming"

Wheels are moving you can't hold it under
Always feeling like we're stuck in the ground
When the levee breaks
When the levee breaks
When the center can't hold anymore

Where will you be when the tumult and chaos line the ceiling?
When there's blood in your eyes
When there's blood in your eyes
And you can't see so clearly?
When the levee breaks 
When the levee breaks
When the center can't hold anymore?

There's no more time for these vapid terse negotiations
There's no accounting for ambiguous communications
When the levee breaks
When the levee breaks
When the center can't hold anymore

Wheels are moving you can't hold it under
Always feeling like we're stuck in the ground
When the levee breaks
When the levee breaks
When the center can't hold anymore

Mixed by Jalipaz Nelson of Audioconfusion and Mark Guzman

Things Fall Apart

rough demo of a song ive been writing. dont like sharing unfinished work but felt like it so. might delete idk

Esper *demo*

About "Chains": 

This is a song about the latent power and momentum inside of human beings in the historic struggle for liberation. It was written in an apartment in Eagle Rock, CA in 2019, where I slept on the ground for a few months and worked part time at a taco shop. It was written shortly after I saw Mike Pence initiate a coup with "hola." It's about the revolutionary act of being alive -- and how passion, political fervor, and togetherness can coalesce towards a better world.

Lyrics:

To everybody, I hope this finds you well. There’s been a swelling. I know you’ve felt it too. From gaslighted telecasts to sleeping on the floor--we are no beasts of burden. We need these chains no more. We never did.  We need these chains no more. In everybody a pulse is beating against the tide of every ocean. I feel it in me. You feel it in you? And it's been swelling... can't you feel it? In everybody, there is a rushing tide. You feel it in your veins, and I feel it in mine. Engine turning, oil spilling, and your tired shoulders weary. Flora blooming, thorns are growing cause we need these chains no more. Taking streets and breathing lungs. Pumping swelling hearts of blood. Stepping out into the light cause we need these chains no more. We never did. We need these chains no more.

About Red Tank!: 

Since its inception in 2009, Red Tank! has independently released three studio records, a number of splits, singles, and EPs, and performed on various regional tours throughout the United States (on the East Coast, West Coast, and at SXSW). We’ve cultivated a small but loyal fanbase throughout the years with a reliance on DIY ethos and unique and earnest sonic expression. The band has an emphasis on high energy songs and performances, as well as existential and politically-charged lyricism. Our fourth studio record is forthcoming.

Credits: 

Written & recorded by Clipper Arnold & Red Tank!

Clipper Arnold - Guitar, vocals, recording, mixing, mastering. 
Jack Dout - Guitar, mixing, recording
Danny Connell - Bass 
Marco - Drums

RECORDED BY RED TANK! IN 2019
RELEASED BY RED TANK! IN 2020
RECORDS BY LANCASTER LATHE CUTS

REDTANK.ORG
@REDTANKMUSIC
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Chains

MADE BY COLLECTIVE ORDER
ASCETIC HOUSE
2020

Omeed Norouzi "H"

DivPro "Surge"

Red Tank! is an autonomous war machine; jubilance against the face of extinction; harmony in chaos; dystopian punk; folk songs of the forsaken.

Chains

Red Tank!

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