The comp is available from HARDCORE HITS CANCER and 100% of the donations will be earmarked for LA CASA DELS XUKLIS (afanoc.org), Barcelona, Spain. A foster home for children and adolescents with cancer and their families. You can find out more and get the comp here : https://hardcorehitscancer.bandcamp.com/album/hcxhc-vol-viii
You'll recognise the song, it was a hit single for The Cure in 1979 and it's a crowd favourite Accidente have played live down the years. It's called Boys Don't Cry...
Accidente (https://www.facebook.com/Accidentepunk) are one of my favourite bands. The Madrid outfit can always be relied on to wrap what's often a deep and meaningful message inside a catchy as hell tune. On this release they contribute 4 songs, 3 original compositions and an uptempo cover of a single released in 1994 by Spanish trio Alarma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMwcnMPDtrY).
This is my pick of the bunch, it's called Atajos (Shortcuts)...
Me faltan las palabras como a «The Sound» Para decirte fuerte que he fracasado He perdido el momento no supe priorizar Que me faltó el valor y te has marchado
Vivimos tan deprisa Lloramos tan aisladxs Buscamos mil excusas Huimos tan deprisa Peleamos tan aisladxs Quemamos los atajos
Pienso que la distancia es a veces un derecho Cuando los malos tratos anidan en el pecho Tu púlpito de víctima no va a legitimar Que para defenderte hieras a lxs demás
Vivimos tan deprisa Morimos tan aisladxs Buscamos mil excusas Huimos tan deprisa Peleamos tan aisladxs Quemando los atajos Y la vida se acaba.
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Words fail me, just like «The Sound» sang When I try to tell you that I went wrong I lost the moment, I didn’t choose right I lacked the courage and now you’re gone
We live so fast We cry so lonely Looking for a thousand excuses We ran away so fast Such a lonely struggle Burning all the shortcuts
Distance itself is sometimes a right When mistreat nests in your chest Your victim pulpit won’t legitimize To defend yourself by hurting others
We live so fast We die so lonely Looking for a thousand excuses We ran away so fast Such a lonely struggle Burning all the shortcuts Till life ends.
As seems to have become an annual tradition, at the end of every year I chuck together a list of my favourite songs released during the previous 12 months. In 2016, the Just Some Punk Songs Top 50 (http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-best-50-songs-of-2016.html) was topped by La Revuelta Real which was the closing track on Accidente's (https://www.facebook.com/Accidentepunk/) wonderful Pulso album. I've got to be honest, I've been wondering if we'd get more music from the band but out of the blue, BOOM! A new album.
Hailing from Madrid and featuring a line up of Ranzio (bass/backing vocals), Edu (drums), Oli (drums), Miguel (guitar/backing vocals), Pablo (guitar/keyboards/backing vocals) and Bianca (vocals), they've returned triumphantly with a motto of defeat belongs only to those who surrender. A declaration that if this has gone ahead it is because of the love of all of you who row when things get ugly suggests that the release of new music was never a given but happily their 4th full length is exactly the sort of classy melodic punk rock we've come to expect from Spain's best band. It's titled Canibal and whilst we have to wait a little longer for the physical release, the digital version is available now as a name your price download : https://accidente.bandcamp.com/album/can-bal
The album sounds great though this is unsurprising given it's by such a good band and it's been produced by Pablo Martinez and mastered by the legendary Mass Giorgini (Squirtgun, Common Rider, Screeching Weasel) at his Sonic Iguana Studio. There's 10 tracks, everyone a winner. Lyrics are in their native tongue, though this doesn't affect one's enjoyment, and the provided English translations reveals that both personal and political themes are the order of the day. The music is upbeat and very catchy even though the subject matter may be somewhat deeper. Hopefully the next album won't be another 4 years away.
This is the title track, it's titled Canibal...
ME SIENTO SOLA EN ESTE BAILE Y EN LAS DISTANCIAS CORTAS IMAGINO COMPROMISO DONDE SOLO HAY SOMBRAS UN MEDIO PARA UNA META FUGAZ, DE USAR Y TIRAR UNA PIEZA DE RECAMBIO QUE SE PUEDE DESECHAR
MERCANCÍA, COMPRAVENTA CANÍBAL Y ESTA LÍQUIDA EXISTENCIA VACÍA
ME SIENTO SOLA EN ESTE BAILE Y EN LAS DISTANCIAS CORTAS IMAGINO RELACIONES DONDE SOLO HAY SOMBRAS ENCUENTROS MONODOSIS CUERPOS PARA CONSUMIR UNA PÍLDORA PAL EGO QUE SE OLVIDA FÁCIL
MERCANCÍA, COMPRAVENTA CANÍBAL Y ESTA LÍQUIDA EXISTENCIA VACÍA
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I FEEL ALONE IN THIS DANCE AND IN THE SHORT DISTANCES I IMAGINE COMMITMENT WHERE THERE ARE ONLY SHADOWS JUST A MEAN FOR A GOAL EASY, USE AND DISPOSE A SPARE PART THAT CAN BE DISCARDED MERCHANDISE, CANNIBALTRADING AND THIS EMPTY LIQUID EXISTENCE I FEEL ALONE IN THIS DANCE AND IN THE SHORT DISTANCES I IMAGINE RELATIONSHIPS WHERE THERE ARE ONLY SHADOWS SINGLE-DOSE MEETINGS BODIES TO BE CONSUMED A PILL FOR THE EGO EASILY FORGETTABLE
MERCHANDISE, CANNIBAL TRADING AND THIS EMPTY LIQUID EXISTENCE
Not long ago on Facebook someone was asking people who their favourite Spanish band was and I didn't need to think twice before replying Accidente. As it's been a while since they've released new material, the appearance of a number of reissues and the release of a compilation album on Malaysian label Hardcore Detention was all the excuse I needed to feature them again on here. A crowdfunding appeal was recently set up to help them out and fund their flight back to Madrid after they were deported from Indonesia whilst touring south east Asia. Because of this they've had to cancel their Philippines gigs and couldn't get to Manila to catch their paid for flight home. Fortunately their fans ensured they received enough to get home and their passports have now been returned.
The compilation album that's just been released is titled ACCIDENTE '2014-2016' (Southeast Tour Special Edition) and it gathers together the tracks that featured on the band's 2nd and 3rd albums plus their split with Duelo. It's a 23 track delight from a band at the top of their game. Available on cd and digital download, you can find it here : https://hardcoredetonation.bandcamp.com/album/hdx021-19-accidente-2014-2016-southeast-asia-tour-special-edition
I could have chosen pretty much any of the songs to highlight, they're all great (one of them even ended up claiming the number 1 spot in my Top 50 songs of 2016 chart : https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-best-50-songs-of-2016.html), but today I'm going with the opening track from their Amistad y Rebelión album. This is ¿A cambio de qué? ....
Te veo y siento cosas que puedo comparar. Y es que no importa nada si eres o no legal. Que no somos distintas, que sufrimos igual, vendidas y humilladas a cambio de un jornal.
Qué frio hace en la calle, quiero acercarme a ti, decirte que lo dejes pero me miro a mí. Qué infames ocho horas que engullen mi pasión. Robando de los míos cariño y comprensión.
Quizá pague las cuentas, quizá sea ejemplar, pero al final del día, ya no puedo soñar. Caprichos que no llenan, necia necesidad, por este decorado ¡no quiero trabajar!
Toda nuestra alegría, toda nuestra energía, ¿a cambio de qué?
--------------------------------------------------------- I see you and feel things / that I can easily compare / Because it makes no change whether you're legal or not / 'Cause we are not different / and we suffer the same / we are sold and humiliated in exchange for a wage / It`s cold on the street / and I want to get close to you / and tell you to quit / but I look at myself… / What infamous eight hours that gobble my passion! / stealing affection and understanding from my people! / And yes...I can pay the bills / I may be exemplary / but at the end of the day / I cannot dream anymore / unsatisfying cravings, foolish needs / I don’t want to work to build this lie! / All our energy, all our joy… / in exchange for what?
Accidente are a hard edged but pretty damn catchy Spanish Anarcho-Punk band who are based between Getafe and Madrid and who have been together since 2010. They released a debut, S/T album in 2011 and followed it up a couple of years later with Amistad y Rebelion (Friendship And Rebellion). Round about this time they toured the USA and Mexico.
Their influences include The Vicious, Massysteri, Leftover Crack, Minor Threat and The Clash. As they sing in their native Spanish, Its not easy to understand the lyrics but fortunately they provide the English translations on their bandcamp page https://accidente.bandcamp.com/album/pulso
They've just released album number 3, Pulso, and you can snap it up for free here : http://accidentepunk.blogspot.com.es/. This summer they'll be heading back to the USA for a tour which will include an appearance at the Latino Fest in New York.
This is the title track of the new album .....
Dignity does not mean you do not scream when it hurts when you bit the dust and you are overcome by your demons It means watching the fire in your eyes it is seeing you grit your teeth, it is you ... convinced and heading forward, the passion in your face, it means living... It is that tension between desire and reality, It means that you may stumble but you are not afraid to fail take off again and go get some more The violent breathing, anxiety, adrenaline wounds that are inherent to the race of setting fire to this life For me life is a pulse that means coexisting with the problem and maybe we will not win But we won't lose either... Because there is no better way for me to face the gale, to corner it and jump, than knowing that I can trust
