Roxie & The Razorblades - So This Is Capitalism

  

  Without a doubt, one of my favourite discoveries of 2025 has been London street punks Roxie & The Razorblades (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576340464669). I gushed effusively about their album Eat The Rich here :  

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/07/roxie-razorblades-no-more-war-no-more.html

  Some albums boast maybe 2 or 3 great tracks and then a bunch of decent/pretty good ones. Eat The Rich was consistently great throughout so this was obviously a band to keep an eye on. 

  The latest news from them is that they're working on a new album but having the knack of composing top notch tunes (that are both powerful and catchy) with deceptive ease they've made that wait easier to endure by releasing a new 4 track ep titled Masters Of War. It's available as a name your price download here :  https://roxietherazorblades.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-war-ep

  Check it out, they might just become your favourite new band too. 

  This song is called So This Is Capitalism...

[Verse] Broken glass streets and a cold hard stare Empty bellies but they don't even care This is the land of the great divide Where dreams rot and the truth's denied [Verse 2] Steel-toed boots on the backs of the weak Every shadow’s a threat every future’s bleak They sell us war while our homes decay Oh so this is freedom they say [Chorus] So this is capitalism life on its knees Scraps for the hungry while the fat ones feast Boarded-up futures and a clawing dread We’re the living ghosts of the violently misled [Bridge] Chains of the state rattle loud and clear Eyes in the sky feed the boiling fear Marching orders in a uniform line No questions asked as they strip us blind [Verse 3] Concrete jungles and the sirens hum Broken promises we’ve all gone numb Statistics charts they bury our cries Profit and loss while the planet dies [Chorus] So this is capitalism life on its knees Scraps for the hungry while the fat ones feast Boarded-up futures and a clawing dread We’re the living ghosts of the violently misled

Roxie & the Razorblades - No More War No More Genocide

  

  So, what went down well on last night's Just Some Punk Songs show? Quite a few of the songs actually and this was certainly one of them.

  Roxie & the Razorblades (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576340464669) are from London and feature Roxie C. (Vocals/Lead Guitar), Queen ElizaDeath (Vocals/Lead Guitar/Rhythm Guitar), Lil' P (Rhythm Guitar), Ivy (Bass) & Sloppy (Drums).

  They play an infectious brand of old school street punk and they've just released a very impressive album titled Eat The Rich. They say it deals with "addiction, the gutter, rehab, the evil in the world that strangles all that is beautiful, but more importantly, about hope and overcoming. We sing about that and of course, our beloved Canning Town, Hammers football club."

  It's available as a name your price download on Bandcamp so grab a copy and sing along :  https://roxietherazorblades.bandcamp.com/album/eat-the-rich

  In times like these when you can run foul of those in power for calling for the end to the indiscriminate killing of innocent women and children, this is a band that aren't afraid to call for the liberation of Palestine. They sum things up well in this song, it's called No More War No More Genocide...

 Boots hit the pavement stomping hard through the night Gaslights flicker but they can't find what's right Fists in the air and teeth clenched tight Tomorrow ain't promised we fight this fight

 No more war no more genocide Tired of the blood tired of the lies Broken bricks and shattered pride No more war no more genocide

  Rust on the rails and smoke in the rain We’re swapping our chains for smashes of change Streets torn open red like a vein The screams of the lost still standing in pain

 No more war no more genocide Tired of the blood tired of the lies Broken bricks and shattered pride No more war no more genocide 

 The banners are ragged the boots are worn But the fire in us can't be ignored Oi shouts echo in a back-alley morn Politics for people it’s time to be reborn

 No more war no more genocide We've had enough no compromise Locked and loaded the truth won’t hide No more war no more genocide