Slow Faction - Woody Guthrie

  At the start of this month, London punks Slow Faction released the follow up to their highly rated Brixton Tapes album. It's an ep titled This Machine Kills Fascists and it's no doubt going to end up being one of the best records of 2016.

  Mid tempo, '77 style political punk rock that not only has the message but also doesn't skimp on the tunes, it's the kind of music we need in a world who's political leaders seem to be more self serving and ignorant of the needs of the people than ever. You can check out the ep here : https://slowfaction.bandcamp.com/album/this-machine-kills-fascists

   We need more voices speaking out against those that seek to oppress us. against those who seek to exploit us, against those who trample over the weak and the needy to worship at the alter of greed. This is called Woody Guthrie.....

Country boy with a guitar in his hand 
He travels far across this land and 
Documents everything he sees 
With songs of brutal honesty and 
He makes a stand 
He draws a line in the sand 
His truth is principled 
He’ll never sell it out 

And now he’s singing 
This machine kills fascists 
Yes, he’s singing 
This guitar kills fascists 

Small town in depression times 
No work, no hope, just blighted lives 
A harsh and violent, hateful place 
They thought black gold their saving grace but 
The oil men came 
They took everything 
They stripped the whole town bare 
And then they went again 

So now he’s singing 
This machine kills fascists 
Yes, he’s singing 
This guitar kills fascists 
So now we’re heading for the great depression of the 21st century
The clampdown’s happening 
So where can we find Woody Guthrie now? 

He wrote his songs of liberty 
This land belongs to you and me 
But not all get to have their way 
If you’re poor or black you’ve got no say and 
He went to war 
To fight the racist state 
And then he came back home 
To find the same thing there....