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Bits And Pieces

by Peace De Résistance

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THE POLICE WILL LIKE TO CALL THIS POLICING BUYING A ROBOTIC DOG MADE FOR THE MARINE CORPS UNLESS THEIR BUDGET WILL START DECREASING THEY’LL BLOW IT ALL ON DOMESTIC WAR MY HEAD SPINS TO THE SOUND OF ALL THE MONEY WE THROW DOWN ON MILITARY TOYS, DICTATORIAL NORMS, AND POLICE REGIMES THAT NEED REFORM DON’T WANT A COP THAT DONE NEED A MOTOR DON’T WANT SPOT MADE ANYMORE YOU KNOW TO MEET YOUR INVESTOR’S QUOTAS MACHINES WILL POLICE US MORE & MORE MY HEAD SPINS TO THE SOUND OF THE CONTOURS PLAYIN LOUD ON YOUR PR PLOY WITH YOUR ANATOMICAL DROID’S EERIE MOVEMENT YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE BORN TO BE RUNNIN DESPITE A BROKEN WINDOW NO ONE’S BORN TO RUN DON’T WANT A COP THAT DUN NEED A MOTOR DON’T WANT SPOT MADE ANYMORE YOU KNOW TO MEET YOUR INVESTOR’S QUOTAS MACHINES WILL POLICE US MORE & MORE
2.
WEARING A COMPANY JACKET AND WE’RE DRIVING THEIR VANS BUT YOU CALL US CONTRACTOR. IS THERE SOMETHING WE DON’T UNDERSTAND? NO WE DON’T WANT THAT FORM WE WANT REFORM DON’T 1099 ME THERE’S GONNA BE A COMMOTION WITH THIS DEMOTION DON’T 1099 ME CORPORATIONS TREAT ME LIKE A LIABILITY THEY DON’T WANT TO INSURE ME OR SAY “EMPLOYEE” (CHORUS REPEATS) THEN THEY TAKE OUR WAGES, THEY WANT 30% BUT WE AIN’T SELF EMPLOYED, IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE (CHORUS REPEATS)
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THE TV SCREEN HEARD YOUR VOICE BABY THE CASH MACHINE HEARD YOUR VOICE YOUR FRENCH LATRINE HEARD YOUR VOICE YOU’RE THEIR GASOLINE, THEY HEARD YOUR VOICE THEY FOUND A WAY TO MONETIZE ME MY SMARTHOME SYSTEM IS SO PACIFYING SUBCONSCIOUS SEEN - THEY HEARD YOUR VOICE PREJUDICE IS GLEANED - THEY HEARD YOUR VOICE WHITE FRAGILITY - THEY HEARD YOUR VOICE RESULTING MACHINERY IS MURDEROUS PROGRESSION DRIVEN POST-RACIALLY IMPREGNATES VIOLENCE IN POSTERITY THE MACBOOK CAMERA WHAT DO THEY SEE? A CODED BEHAVIOR OF SUPERIORITY A UTILIZATION OF SUPREMACY ROBOTICS RESPOND ACCORDINGLY THEY’RE LEARNING WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR VOICE BECAUSE THEY’RE EARNING WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR VOICE AND THEY’RE YEARNING TO HEAR VOICE ISN’T IT CONCERNING THAT THEY HEAR YOUR VOICE? THEY’RE MONETIZING YOUR BIGOTRY MACHINE LEARNING ACTS UNFAIRLY WOULD YOUR SOPHIA ACT IMPARTIALLY? OR IS SHE A KAREN? A COP CALLER LADY? I THINK THERE’S BIAS IN HER CIRCUITRY WE MUST MOVE FORWARD OH SO CAREFULLY BECAUSE SHE HEARD YOUR VOICE
4.
THE MONEY’S SO GOOD YOU JUST CAN’T CONTROL YOURSELF AND YOU DO IT SO GOOD YOU JUST CAN’T CONTROL YOURSELF YOU DO IT AND DO IT AND DO IT SOME MORE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T CONTROL YOURSELF THE MONEY IS JUST TOO GOOD THAT YOU CAN’T CONTROL YOURSELF ALRIGHT
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE MYTH OF A JOB WITH BENEFITS? WE WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WE GOT ONE THOUGH THE OWNERS DON’T PAY FOR SHIT SO GET WITH IT BECAUSE WE AIN’T YOUR INDUSTRY IT’S OUR RIGHT TO BE SO NATURALLY HEALTHY ALL THE THINGS AT OUR PHARMACIES THAT INSURANCE ISN’T COVERING WE PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THE THINGS WE REALLY NEED SO GET WITH IT BECAUSE WE AIN’T YOUR INDUSTRY IT’S OUR RIGHT TO BE SO NATURALLY HEALTHY THEY TREAT US LIKE CATTLE YOU FEEL THE INHUMANITY KEY WORD AIN’T QUALITY BUT THE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE THEY SEE SO GET WITH IT BECAUSE WE AIN’T YOUR INDUSTRY IT’S OUR RIGHT TO BE SO NATURALLY HEALTHY
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Exploitation 04:14
WHAT WAS A PASTURE, AS FREE AS FREE CAN BE NO GODS OR MASTERS, YOU COULD DO ANYTHING TILL YOU FIND OUT YOU’RE THE KING AND IT’S YOU YOU’RE WORSHIPING STUCK HERE WITH OFFSPRING HAPPY JUST TO BE PLAYTHINGS EXPLOITATION WITH NO COMPENSATION NUCLEAR REACTOR DOSSIER ON ME PRIVATE CONTRACTOR UNWILLINGLY WORKING YOU KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, WHERE I’VE BEEN, AND WHERE I’LL BE SENATOR TOO DAMN NAIVE TO TRY AND FIGHT FOR ME EXPLOITATION WITH NO COMPENSATION, NO REPRESENTATION HEY THAT’S MY IDEA, YOU CAN’T HAVE MY IDEA OH YOU DECIDED? SINCE WHEN DO YOU DO DECIDING? YOU’RE SAYING YOU GUIDE ME? DID I SAY YOU COULD GUIDE ME? I DON’T WANT YOU TO GUIDE ME, I DON’T WANT YOU DECIDING! MY LIFE IS MY THING! I SAID IT’S MY THING!
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IF THEY CAN GET IT THEY’LL TAKE IT IF IT’S LAND OR YOUR VOICE YOUR FREE WILL, THEY’LL BREAK IT YOU’RE A BODY TO EXPLOIT THEY STOLE CALIFORNIA, FEILDS OF CORN, YA AND YOUR ID & EGO FINANCIAL REWARDS MEAN OLD ACCORDS ARE IGNORED NOW VOID THE RICH WRITE THE SCRIPT TO COMMIT CRIME AGAIN THEY DO IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN THE NAME OF MANIFEST DESTINY IT’S QUITE A STICKY WICKET THEY’VE COMMANDEERED OUR SOULS ADDICTED, CAN’T KICK IT AND DEMOCRACY’S ON HOLD SO ASHAMED TO KNOW CAPITAL GAIN IS AT THE REIGNS OF IT ALL CAN’T CONTAIN THE MINING OF OUR BRAINS, NO NO NO NOT EVEN AT ALL (CHORUS)
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GIMME GIMME SOME FUN ALEXA HUN AND MAKE IT FAST YOU’RE A PLASTER CAST, MY PRIVACY ICONOCLAST I CAN’T GET RID OF MY AU PAIR AND THE LAISSEZ FAIR DON’T REALLY CARE WE’RE IN MY HOME BUT ON YOUR TERMS, NO IT DON’T SEEM FAIR AND THERE’S TOO MANY CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH I’M UNAWARE I CAN’T GET RID OF MY AU PAIR AND THE LAISSEZ FAIR DON’T REALLY CARE
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WE’RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT OUR JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT WHERE ARE WE GONNA BE? WHO ARE WE GONNA SEE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT? NOWHERE TO GO, NOTHING TO DO PENSION CHECKS ARE SLIM AND FEW SOCIAL SERVICES ARE SHUTTING DOWN AND WE AIN’T SEEN NO MONEY TRICKLE DOWN PRICKS AT THE TOP DON’T GIVE US A SHOT AT THE END OF THE NIGHT LITTLE MONEY WE MADE MEANS LITTLE WE SAVED AT THE END OF THE NIGHT GOT NO CHILDREN AT OUR SIDE AND WE CAN’T LIVE ON WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES WITH ALL OF THE RICHES IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD YOU’D THINK WE’D GET SOMETHING BUT WHO’S CONCERNED? FIFTEEN HUNDRED A MONTH JUST AIN’T ENOUGH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT ISN’T IT NUTS THAT THEY MAKE MORE CUTS TO THE END OF THE NIGHT? NOWHERE TO GO, NOTHING TO DO PENSION CHECKS ARE SLIM AND FEW SOCIAL SERVICES ARE SHUTTING DOWN AND WE AIN’T SEEN NO MONEY TRICKLE DOWN
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Peace de Résistance - Bits And Pieces - Peace de Récords 2022

Recorded at home and by Sasha Stroud at Artifact Studios NYC

All photography by Jane Pain

Moses Brown of Texas punk bands Institute and Glue released his first cassette under the name Peace de Résistance - a solo project where he plays all the instruments - in October 2020. That cassette found Brown bouncing his growing songwriting chops off the fuzz-drenched Zamrock sound of Paul Ngozi, Witch, and Amanaz. However, Bits and Pieces - Peace de Résistance’s first full-length and first vinyl release - has a wider vista. Brown describes the sound as “demented glam rock,” and while you can hear remnants of the Zamrock influence in the sinuously melodic fuzz guitar, the more pertinent frames of reference are Diamond Dogs -era Bowie, 70s Lou Reed, and Iggy’s The Idiot and Lust for Life. Bits and Pieces recalls those records’ potent combination of artistic ambition, street-level rock and roll swagger, and pop charm, but filtered through the DIY punk aesthetics of Brown’s previous work. Lyrically, the album documents life on the fringes in a hyper-surveilled 2020s America, with songs like “Don’t 1099 Me,” “We Got the Right to Be Healthy,” and “Exploitation” wrenching plainspoken poetry from an existence that will be all too familiar to anyone at odds with capitalism. After nine timeless art-rock songs, Bits and Pieces lets us down gently with “Sitting in Disguise.” This motorik-inspired instrumental offers a rickety, dilapidated update of Neu!’s seamless futurism, implying that the only appropriate response to our predicament is to keep moving forward. -Sorry State

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released April 13, 2022

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