Having recently joined Pure Noise Records, Oklahoma quartet Ben Quad have announced their label debut will be released next month. It’s titled ‘Ephemera’ and will be a five-track EP.
The announcement sees the four-piece share a track called ‘”Your Face as an Effigy’. It showcases Ben Quad‘s dynamism, utilising blast beats, effective melodies, and rapid guitar fret play.
“Lyrically, this is the most open-ended on the EP. This song is about finding solidarity within the group you identify with and overcoming the deceivers who seek to ruin you,” commented Ben Quad. “The music video highlights this concept of solidarity by focusing on the brotherhood aspect of the band. The political undertones of the song title were purposeful in the sense that we wanted to paint a picture of overcoming a system that seeks to destroy us.”
The theme of societal decay appears throughout ‘Ephemera’. Its five songs promise to take that anger and direct it into action.
1. I Did Not Create the Rules2. You’ll Get Nothing and Like It
3. Your Face as an Effigy
4. Exit Wounds
5. Ephemera
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‘Your Face as an Effigy’ Lyrics:
on’t ever say we didn’t warn you
(Don’t act like you’re surprised)
You’re not our friend, this isn’t for you
(Don’t bother with goodbyes)
And when we see your face again, with another half smile and all we’re thinking is
Don’t ever say we didn’t warn you
Right before you hit the ground
The ground
You’ll never be one of us
You’ll never be one of us
Yeah
Don’t let this happen again
I never called you a friend
Don’t let this happen again
If only people knew who you were
(Like you show yourself to me)
There’s an answer to all of your mistakes,
And this is all you’ll get from me
This is all you’ll get from me
This is all you’ll get from me
This is all you’ll get from me
From me
From me
