Teresa Banks (https://www.facebook.com/teresabanksband) are a punk quintet from Helsinki featuring a line up of Riky (Vocals), Lauri (Guitar), Alvaro (Guitar), Jussi (Bass) & Juha (Drums). I assume they're named after the murder victim in the Twin Peaks prequel Fire Walk With Me who was played by Pamela Gidley.
They've been releasing music since 2018 with their latest album (their 4th) having just dropped. It's titled It's Already Yesterday and it boasts 10 tracks which combine melodic hardcore with street punk. It's fast paced, heavy hitting and catchy, exactly how this kind of music should be. Add well written lyrics to the mix and you've got a winner.
You can find it streaming here : https://teresabanks.bandcamp.com/album/its-already-yesterday
This track is sadly topical, it's about war for profit, mistakes repeated and the cycle repeating. It's called When This War Ends...
From the ashes of what we’ve destroyed
We will start a new war!
When this war ends, a new one starts
They kill our kids and rape our wives
We’ll do the same and then ask “Why?”
This war has no end
When this war ends, a new one starts
They’ll kill our kids and rape our wives
We’ll do the same and then we’ll ask
“Who is wrong, who’s right?”
As he smokes that cigarette
He has just 3 seconds left
To say “Glory to Ukraine”
In a war that makes no sense
It never has
It never will
But for money people kill
We never learn
We never see
The same mistakes in history
This war will never end
They’ll send their kids to die
They’re gonna die!
They’re gonna die!
We’ll send our kids to die
The saddest thing we can't believe
Only few people getting rich
From the war machine, far from the trench
Who started this can't smell the stench
New millionaires from million deaths
A dollar for each bullet they sell
War is a racket
It always has been
War is a racket
The most vicious
The most profitable
War is a racket
Were profits are in dollars
And losses are in lives
We will start a new war!
When this war ends, a new one starts
They kill our kids and rape our wives
We’ll do the same and then ask “Why?”
This war has no end
When this war ends, a new one starts
They’ll kill our kids and rape our wives
We’ll do the same and then we’ll ask
“Who is wrong, who’s right?”
As he smokes that cigarette
He has just 3 seconds left
To say “Glory to Ukraine”
In a war that makes no sense
It never has
It never will
But for money people kill
We never learn
We never see
The same mistakes in history
This war will never end
They’ll send their kids to die
They’re gonna die!
They’re gonna die!
We’ll send our kids to die
The saddest thing we can't believe
Only few people getting rich
From the war machine, far from the trench
Who started this can't smell the stench
New millionaires from million deaths
A dollar for each bullet they sell
War is a racket
It always has been
War is a racket
The most vicious
The most profitable
War is a racket
Were profits are in dollars
And losses are in lives
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