"Apocalypse of John 6:12" This is when the Sixth Seal is opened, it’s the last one before the end of the world. While the ecological emergency is more dramatic than ever, the ruling capitalist class is telling us what we can call "stories" or "fictions" about progress, about unlimited growth... individual actions won’t be enough to reverse the trend. We need a new collective narrative, we need a change of paradigm.
Forming in 2003, Guerilla Poubelle (https://www.facebook.com/gxpgxp/) are a diy punk 3 piece from Paris who've racked up over a thousand shows and who's debut album sold over 20,000 copies. They've recently returned with new album L'Ennui and it's bloody good so go check it out...
https://www.guerilla-asso.com/products/655740-guerilla-poubelle-lennui
https://guerillapoubelle.bandcamp.com/album/lennui (name your price)
The album was composed on the road and recorded in Montreal between two concerts. The press release proclaims it as "raw and virulent" and describes how "it slings down neo-liberalism, contempt for class, consumerism, gender stereotypes and other cuttings from this sick society that oppresses us every day a little more." The lyrics may be sung in their native French but help is on hand from Bandcamp as each of the songs contains a explanatory paragraph in English (like the one at the top of this page for today's featured song). As well as quality punk rock tunes we also get to discover that the album deals with Albert Camus writing about how he "deplores the lack of sense in our life, the boredom inherent in these modern times. Useless jobs, immured families and comfortable leisures make us apathetic". There's also a song that draws a parallel between a famous rapper and a corrupt politician and another describing how capitalism feeds our obsession with borders and boundaries to create a climate of fear and distrust. Hell, you get the idea... it's intelligent, political punk that'll make you both move and think.
This is a video they've based on the 1973 movie The Society Of Spectacle which was itself based on a 1967 book written by Situationist Guy Debord ("The Das Kapital of the 20th century" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Society-Spectacle-Guy-Debord/dp/0934868077).
Apocalypse 6:12...
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