Thursday, 1 July 2021

RORT MENACE - Peter Gibbons’ dream


  Today's song comes from a very good new ep by a band from Newcastle, Australia called RORT MENACE (https://www.facebook.com/RortMenace/). The ep is titled Turea and I could have chosen any of the 4 tracks to highlight but I was looking at the Urban Dictionary whilst doing a little research and I decided I liked the word fucktitude. 

  This was the Urban Dictionary entry : 

When one is completely janked and knackered with the world, their surroundings and its accompanying bullshit, but despite is still able to free their conscience of life's obstructions and grow as a person, finally see the world clearly and live life stress and carefree with fucktitude. This person is living the Peter Gibbons Dream and is said to have gone through the Peter Gibbons Transformation.
* Peter Gibbons is the character referred to from the movie Office Space.
S: "I have been embroiled in a constant battle with myself and for the first time in along time, I've been able to let it all go...just feels like i went through a really good self-renewal session."
J: "That's the fucktitude! You went through the Peter Gibbons Transformation and now you're living the Peter Gibbons Dream yo!"

  All the tracks on the ep were written on the sovereign lands of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples with the band wanting to pay their respects to Aboriginal elders past, present and emerging in consideration of a rich cultural storytelling and musical tradition that extends beyond 75,000 years through to time immemorial. The word Turea comes from the main street in Blacksmiths, NSW which was named in 1948 after the Awabakal word for Bream (type of fish) as recorded by Reverend Threlkeld, a notorious English missionary. 

  The band is comprised of Madeleine Mitchell (vocals/bass), Will Mitchell (vocals/guitar) and Zac Graham (drums/vocals) and I think it's fair to say they kick up one hell of a racket. They describe their sound as brutal, coarse and bratty punk rock and it's a pretty accurate summation. Check out the ep here   https://rortmenace.bandcamp.com/album/turea 

  A song with fucktitude, this is Peter Gibbon's Dream... 

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