In Evil Hour - 2050

 (photo : Stomp Photography)

  As I'm writing today's update I'm looking out of my front window. Everything's quiet, the sun is out, it's a lovely day and the intro to the song that's playing on my headphones compliments that serenity. It's a gentle and rather beautiful 35 seconds of peace and tranquillity that suggests all's well with the world.

  And then.... things change. The appearance of well being was a flimsy construct.

  In Evil Hour (https://www.facebook.com/InEvilHour/) are the Darlington hardcore band that line up with Alice (Vocals), Gareth (Guitar), Gib (Bass) and Christian (Drums). They've featured on here a couple of times before so no need to rehash too much info. Let's instead talk about their new song...

  It's a warning about how the way we treat our planet is unsustainable. It's the sound of a band that doesn't hold out much hope that as a species we'll avert disaster. It's a song that seems resigned to our inevitable demise; "Seems like we're never going to make it. Seems like we're really gonna die..." 2050 is the date set by the UK government in which they aim to have gas emissions in the UK at almost zero. It's not enough.

  A stand out moment in the song comes at around 3 minutes and 20 seconds as Alice utters a growl of utter despondency and frustration and everything switches up a notch. Her passion bleeds through and despite a seeming resignation to our future being bleak there's still fire burning brightly in her belly. You think for a second, maybe there's hope. But then you think who the world leaders are and it's quickly snuffed out. It's not a song of hope but it is very good. You can find it name your price here : https://inevilhour.bandcamp.com/

2050...

Seems like we're never gonna make it And will this present become past Whispers from when the old world faded How did it fall so fast? You are now left here all abandoned, Hiding from our desperate calls Your gilded gates decay, all black and crumbling Now what good are your walls? See you when they fall I am the wind falling silent, still blowing though I am the quiet that you call home Bleaching your soil and killing your crops I go I am the quiet that you call home Look over scorched and arid landscapes Kings of all that you observe Victims of your own dying hubris Golden masters that you served My tide comes dark and indiscriminate Solutions can't be bought and sold Bodies pile and poison all your water Now what good are your walls? Seems like we're never going to make it Seems like we're really gonna die All is lost! I am Death! When you discover you can't eat your tech Spin the webs! Pull the threads! I am the unraveling of time that you spent Build the walls! Ignore the calls! I am the consequence of all that you wrought Bring them down! I can wait! I now have all of the time in the world

In Evil Hour - Paveway IV

  In Evil Hour are a Darlington based hard hitting punk band (the second in 2 days from that region of the UK) who featured on here earlier this year with a song from 2015's Built On Our Backs ep : http://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/in-evil-hour-predators.html

  They're currently working on a new album for release in 2017 but to tide us over till then they've just shared a new song and video. You can get the song name your price on Bandcamp and the video's posted below : https://inevilhour.bandcamp.com/

 Powerful, angry and bang on the money, this is Paveway IV. If you're reading this update in time, I'll be playing this song on today's Just Some Punk Songs show. It starts at 8pm (UK time) here : http://mixlr.com/mick-fletcher/

Now look today 
Market forces show the way and 
Invest your stake 
Through our tax they satiate the 
Free press, look round 
War profiteers with no renown and 
Lay down a line 
Between government and market minds 

Bleeding hearts will hold no sway 
Market forces demand enemies 
Transactions covert for our GDP 

We built the bombs, we sold the bombs 
Now drop the bombs on those ones 
Who turned against us 
Then make it television 
In selling on we take up arms 
We share the blood 
With those ones who oppress and murder 
Paveway IV nation building 

Your fear held dear 
Action's justified the danger's near 
We'll feed a need 
A symbiotic lust capital bleeds 
Distance it breeds 
Detachment from the actions that we see 
A land we damned 
With weapons we thrust into open hands 

Contractors will market death 
As homes and families feel their full effect 
The bloody cost of new diplomacy 

Hell facilitators 
We're global educators 
We push our mess under the rug for you to find 
These threads are weaved from flesh and bone 
We pave it flat and send it home 
Do as we say not as we do

In Evil Hour - Predators

  In Evil Hour are from Darlington and have been together in various incarnations since 2003. They're influenced by bands such as AFI, Bad Religion, Propagandhi and Rise Against and their songs rail angrily against socio and political issues such as injustice, class, gender discrimination and the wilful destruction of our planet for profit.

  Taking their name from a novel first published in 1962 by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, they comprise of Alice (vocals), Gareth (guitar), Gibb (bass) and Mike (drums).

  Their debut ep, Tell Your God To Ready For Blood, came out shortly after they took up their current name in 2011 and a couple of years later they released debut album, The World Bleeds Out. Their most recent ep, Built On Our Backs, surfaced last year. You can check those releases out here : http://inevilhour.bandcamp.com/

  Some of you may know that there's now a Just Some Punk Songs internet show that plays the type of top notch punk music that'll you'll find on this blog. Tonight's show (28th June) features music by almost all female fronted bands (with a couple of male fronted bands to make up the numbers) and I'll be playing a song by In Evil Hour. You can either listen here at 8pm (UK TIME) or at your convenience when the show is saved as a showreel : http://mixlr.com/mick-fletcher/  If you want to say hello, right click the link and join a number of other punk enthusiasts in the chatroom.

  This is taken from last years ep and it's a damning indictment of drone warfare called Predators.......

We'll celebrate the best of it Target is down, successful hit And bathe in imagined glory As saviours of this world Now say we're just and right We're fighting for your life So tell me now Do you feel more safe? Are you not afraid? We're the Predators in the skies Justice metered by the blind We'll bring your walls down on you We're the Predators in the skies We deliver the Hellfire We'll bring your walls down on you The patriots that we have sent To lay waste to these battlements That now all in ruins could be Mistaken for a home With hollow words lament Casualties never meant So tell me now Do you feel more safe? Are you not afraid? Paint the shadows on the wall This is a warning to us all No due process here