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Athames

by Shooting Daggers

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    The vinyl is an 'eco mix' colour, which means that it uses up leftover coloured pellets from other vinyl runs, mixes them together and produces a run of randomised colour vinyl. This cuts down on waste, and can result in hints of marbling.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Athames via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    The CD version of the EP comes in a 4 panel digipack with an 8 page lyric booklet included.

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  • Ltd Edition Cassette Tape NHSMC037
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    The limited edition cassette EP, comes in a pink case with a blue shell and full colour J card.
    The whole thing is cellophane wrapped and is limited to just 50 copies.

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1.
No Exit 01:50
Rivalry, abuse, starvation, murder We all crumble underneath their standards To please men’s eyes To please men’s eyes Watch them burn Find a way out of this trap We’re just fighting to exist Find a way out of psychic death Doomed to contort They’ve got control There is no exit We all crumble underneath their standards To please men’s eyes To please men’s eyes Watch them burn
2.
Liar 03:00 video
Liar, liar How dare you Liar, liar Blaming all on me When you think it's alright to abuse me When you think it's alright to abuse I will not remain silent I will now shout it out No more doubting on myself No more holding thoughts inside No more giving a second chance And caring about the consequences You just don't deserve it I will write your name on the walls of the city Abusers like you shouldn't be in this community I'd rather listen to myself than pretending that nothing happened Liar, liar How dare you Liar, liar Blaming all on me When you think it's alright to abuse me When you think it's alright to abuse
3.
It's all about you It's all about you It's all about you I'm your quirky fool, use me, I'm your fantasy I'm your sexy tool for your growth My goals, my development Who cares? My mind, myself Who cares? It's all about you I'm your free therapist Your vapid ramona flowers I'll give your miserable life a purpose I'll teach you how to embrace it I'll open your eyes And save you from yourself An illusion fading in the sunset And you'll never hear about me again I'm your Manic Pixie Dream Girl Truth is, Can't see, won't see my eyes, You don't know who I am Can't see, won't see my eyes You don't know me Who cares? Your delusional dreams of your idealised image of me, of my one dimensional personality. Someone I'm not Someone I’m not It's not me Who cares?
4.
Carnage 03:13
Take the blame on souls that didn’t want to die It wouldn’t be the same if you saw the look in their eyes No choices for them but agonise Test their pain Shocks to their brain Days after days, it’s a silent massacre Ditched in cage Bolts in their heads Blood on your hands Carnage Ditched in cage Bolts in their heads Blood on your hands Carnage It wouldn’t be the same if their screams could reach your ears, It wouldn’t be the same if these blinkers dropped some tears.
5.
We Will Live 01:45
We die, we reborn We keep our souls We die and reborn She frees us all Guan yin Lady of light Lady of grace Lady of love She hears the cries of the world She listens to our sorrows and hopes Thousands arms, eleven heads Born a prince, now she's a Goddess We die and reborn We keep our souls She frees us all We're taking over the world Gender is not an obstacle To reach the nirvana, to reach the light We are queer and we're gonna live
6.
This is our scene, Our outlet, our thing Sticking together, we did it ourselves Craving Justice, we had enough Screaming only to be talked over by the cistem. Eye for an eye, Exhausted to explain that we are deserving of respect This is our scene, a place we can be Loud and Proud cus we did it all by ourselves Fuck what they think They will never understand When we claim our humanness We fought for this place with such violence we're no longer voiceless You can't kill us You can't kill us We die and reborn Yet, we live forever Queercore uproar Queercore uproar We embrace what we truly love and who we truly are

about

You could say that feminist/queercore punk trio Shooting Daggers have been ‘nailing it’ since the release of their first single on New Heavy Sounds (Manic Pixie Dream Girl) dropped in October 2021.
Without doubt, they are ‘the real deal’. Fierce and committed in what they believe in, as how they play. This is shit kicking UKHC full of youthful fury and shorn of vacuous posturing, which continues gaining fans with every gig.

Now at last Shooting Daggers are ready to drop their first major brace of songs with their debut EP ‘Athames’, Guitarist Sal reveals the roots of the title …
The EP is called “ATHAMES” which are a type of daggers used by witches during rituals. Women in history have been perceived with an evil eye and were burnt because they were suspected to be witches merely for being independent and living outside society's patriarchal rules.
It’s an apt moniker for what lies within. Six tracks of visceral hardcore punk with a message, full of spit and fury, venom and hooks, and coupled with enough twists and turns to go way beyond a straightforward heads down mosh and thrash.
Add to that an in-your-face Riot Grrl attitude, fat grunge licks, speeding 'SST band' riffs, and the artful and political angst of DC Hardcore and you have a cracking debut EP. Three women storming the barricades, pointing the way to bigger things ahead.

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released May 20, 2022

Produced by Sam Thredder at Cro's Nest Studio, London

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