This EP is intended as a preview for my upcoming release Just Another Wonderful Day. It features 2 original songs by me, 2 cover songs, and 2 songs from other projects I've been a part of.

The overarching theme of this EP, and the album some of the songs come from, is the theme of Antiwork, Antitoil, Anticapitalism, Workers Rights, Worker Solidarity; especially coming from a neurodivergent, autistic, and ADHD point of view.

The title and first track Who Killed Saint Monday taken from and inspired by The Tyranny of the Clock writeup by Anarchist George Woodcock, as well as an 18th-century folk song from Sheffield, England, "The Jovial Cutler"

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credits
released May 1, 2025

See individual tracks for detailed credits

Steven Wayne Smith - all instruments on tracks 1 & 3, various instruments on the rest
David Dick - Vocals on 2, 4, 5, and 6. Organ on track 2, Synth on track 5, Organ on track 2, Stylophone on track 6
Anna Schmidt - Vocals on tracks 2 and 4
Sean Soucy - Acoustic guitar on track 4, electric guitar and vocals on track 5
Andrew Burdic - Bass on track 5
Dana Todd - Vocals on track 2
Dan MacCallum - vocals and flute on track 2, percussion and production on track 6
Adam Peterson - Vocals on track 2

Track 2 written by Ralph Chaplin
Track 4 written by John Lennon

Beg For Scraps

Solidarity Forever

03 Incompatibility

Working Class Hero

Incompatibility

work days was the worst days

A demo for my new track "Workin' For The Man" if your corporate job is ever getting you down just remember. "You're here forever!" :) 

Workin' For The Man - Demo

A song about my former boss' bad decisions - This is a work of parody and satire. It is intended for comedic and artistic purposes only. All characters and events—even those based on real people—are fictionalized. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental.

Decisions Ver. 2 (Single)

This is a song about an extremely cheap company giving away REFURBISHED LAPTOPS as a prize at their company Christmas party, after charging $40 per.+1, and having a bar serving drinks for $10 (all CAD) each to mostly employees making minimum wage. The song is 100% human-made and inspired by real events. It is a PARODY of "Everybody Talks" By Neon Trees.

Refurbished Laptops (Single)

A satire sermon from the breakroom altar—"This Poverty Was Sponsored by Walmart" shoves corporate worship into a glitching barcode nightmare. With hypnotic basslines, trap-club gospel defiance, and high-energy sarcasm, this track chants for every soul clocking in clean and leaving emotionally erased. This isn’t just a song—it’s a minimum wage exorcism. Add to cart. Scream in aisle five. Your receipt is your confession.

Lyrics:

"W-w-welcome to your w-w-worth."
"Now hiring pain—part-time only."
“Smiles are free. Dignity sold separately.”
Every aisle’s a sermon, every shift’s a sin.
This poverty was spon-spon-sponsored… again.
“Now offering 10% off hope, while supplies last!”

I scan my face—beep-SNAP-scan.
Grin coded corporate, soul in a can.
Lunch break’s a prayer on a folding chair—
Hope in a bag next to moldy air.

Crumbs of joy in the clearance rack,
CEO’s yacht got a platinum plaque.
He eats gold-leaf foie gras.
I microwave sadness in the break room spa.

I greet the ghosts with greeter grace,
While rent redlines my every trace.

“rollback my hope / rollback my spine”
“Rollback my shift / rollback my spine
Scan my tears with a 40-hour shine.”

Food stamp wage with a barcode grin,
Hugged my kid through a vending machine.
(It took two dollars. Didn’t give her back.)
Training a bot to replace my tears—
Smile! You’re property of fiscal fear.
“Emotional labor™—with a branded vest!”

Cleanup on aisle dreams.
Rollback your dignity—limited time only.
Buy one hallucination, get one unpaid break.
“roll-rollback… roll-rollback…”

This poverty was sponsored by WALMART—
Everyday pain, everyday cart.
Snap-serve-smile while the Walton kids feast,
I clock in clean and leave deceased.
“Rollback!” → (“MY RIGHTS!”)
Rollback joy. Rollback rest.
Rollback breath in your bulletproof vest.
“Rollback ambition—corporate’s allergic!”

I vomit corporate colors on my uniform.
Blue vest. Red flags. Heart still warm.
Confetti made of crushed dreams
and seasonal aisle screams.
Dreams filed under “nonessential,”
Dignity packed in bags that say “potential.”

Wage so low it whispers shame,
Can’t afford the food I shelve by name.
“Great Value… Great Pain…”

Fluorescent gospel on my tongue,
Preachin’ self-checkout psalms unsung.
“Please scan your trauma.”
“Unknown item in bagging area: humanity.”
I tithe my body to billionaires—
While HR prints my unanswered prayers.
(And hands me a $5 coupon for emotional resilience.)
“We value your exploitation!”

This p-p-p-poverty—sponsored by Walmart.
Hands up high, but we live in the dark.
Say "rollback"—I say "revolt!"
But they mute my mic with a smiley cult.

“Rollback?” → “MY TIME.”
“Rollback?” → “MY MIND.”
Every rollback’s a rollback of me—
Reduced to clearance spiritually.
Cleric of aisle five.
Prophet of store-brand grief.

"Congratulations! You’ve qualified for a 17¢ raise!"
“You are now 3% less disposable!”
Slammed a smile through toothless pride,
Split my soul on Aisle 9.
“You’re more than just a number… just kidding”
“Your survey feedback is spiritually appreciated.”

Dreamed I escaped in a Walmart vest,
Only to wake with it on my chest.
“rollback… rollback…”
“rollback my shadow / rollback my breath / rollback the thought of anything left”

“Sponsored… by… Walmart…”
This poverty was sponsored by Walmart—
Grief in a cart, church in the dark.
I chant my rage with barcode breath,
Worship at the altar of corporate death.

Who profits? → “NOT ME.”
Who bleeds? → “CAN’T SEE.”
Every dollar’s a debt to despair—
But we sing hallelujah on minimum air.
“Blessed be thy rollbacks.”
“Take and eat, for this is thy microwavable flesh.”

“Thank you for shopping your trauma.”
“Come again tomorrow… and the next… and the next…”
“Your loyalty card expires once you do.”
“Rollback… my… name…”

This Poverty Was Sponsored By Walmart

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Check out my recorded music here:
The Alliterates - Garage or Punk Rock | Drums, Vocals, Production, Various Instruments
https://thealliterates.bandcamp.com/
Lucid Fugue - Experimental | Various Instruments, Vocals
https://lucidfugue.bandcamp.com
Megaton - Sludge Metal | Vocals/Lead Guitar 
https://megatonomaha.bandcamp.com/album/destroyer-of-worlds
Valley of Shadows - Heavy Rock | Lead guitar, backing vocals
https://valleyofshadows.bandcamp.com/ 

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New tracks tagged #Antiwork