Mitraille - Cancelled

  

  Mitraille (https://www.facebook.com/mitrailleband/) are a 3 piece garage punk band from Belgium featuring a line up of Liam Verherstraeten (drums), Mathias Roggeman (guitar/vocals) and Dennis Van Hoof (bass/vocals). They released a debut ep in 2018 titled Schroot, followed it up a year later with Hoopschroot and have just returned with ep number 3, Schroothoofd. The vinyl is available to pre order and is due out soon but for now you can get the digital version "name your price" here :   https://ronnyrex.bandcamp.com/album/schroothoofd 

  There's 5 tracks on the ep, the energy levels are high throughout and I'm not really going out on a limb by guessing they'd be great in a live setting (and happily they've just managed to get back out on the road for the first time since February, appearing in Retie yesterday at the sold out Dorserfest 2020). 

  The song that I'm highlighting today deals with the recent difficult times of no gigs, no socialising, no holidays etc. It's the sound of a band having to deal with the frustrations and paranoia brought on by enforced isolation. It also asks us to take this opportunity to think about what our leaders value most, our well being or lining their own kind's pockets. It's a great summation of 2020 and also a great song. I'll be playing it on the Just Some Punk Songs show later today so tune in at 8pm UK Time (https://www.facebook.com/events/328858401765623/) 

  It's called Cancelled... 

Looking forward to playing a show CANCELLED Holiday trip, you really wanna go CANCELLED Meet your friends for a drink CANCELLED So you really need to see your shrink, well that’s CANCELLED I no longer trust anybody The world consumed by paranoia I just don’t understand it CANCELLED So you wanna go out after dark CANCELLED Sit on a bench in the park CANCELLED Interview for your dream job CANCELLED You drink to much but you’re really gonna stop, well that’s CANCELLED Are you worried about the police state? Toilet paper or your mortgage rate? Isolation, frustration, sanitation Solo’s cancelled! It’s a new decade. The twenties skipped the roaring part and went straight for the stock market crash this time around. And you can keep clapping, hanging white sheets out your window and call every service worker a hero. But please remember this newfound sense of solidarity next time you’re in the voting booth. Millionaire minority destroying social security. Do you care about your health? Or do you care about your wealth? Either way, please stop putting people in charge who don’t give a fuck if people like you or me deserve a living wage. Or simply not to die. CANCELLED CANCELLED