[SAMPLE_TEXT] and the gas lit fueled social dysphoria of "Poverty Dream"

 

"But It was only a poverty dream / That you had in your little head / No, you weren’t really all those things / Especially not better off dead..."

"Poverty Dream", have you had one? You probably have. The song by Anchorage, Alaska's [SAMPLE_TEXT] has some gorgeous dirty punk guitars throughout with super active drumming. A good raw synergy with moments of collision and moments of stepping back and give the sounds space. This sounds live, this sounds like an ID session, maybe stream of consciousness at first and then honed. The musical arc is compelling in different ways, sonically so, yeah of course, but also the kind of sound you want to play and the kind of song you want to hear live and get lost in.

Sections feel like rabid skate sessions or a punk heist movie, other parts feel OSEES-esque massive.

The bands shares this:

I am rather dejected when it comes to the state of corporatism in our culture. This is generally the topic of discussion in this song, and I wrote the lyrics after reflecting on what I see in advertisements on phones everywhere, and how none of it really matches most peoples reality, which is poverty and struggle. At the very least, I feel it doesn’t match my reality. So I essentially wanted the chorus to read like a satirical gaslighting by a mobile ad, and how one feels witnessing ads like that from a perspective of poverty. Coming home after a hard day at work, to a small abode, in a racist, classist culture, just to see the smiling faces of an ethnically diverse group in upper middle class situations in an advertisement designed to make you buy things. As aforementioned, that’s hardly anyone’s reality. It’s absurdity. It’s insanity. And it’s infuriating.

And the song reflect the incongruent feeling a lot of us might feel, manipulated by what is on our phones. I implore you to put the fucking phone down for 2 hours a day and do something else. Shoot hoops, play in a fucking band, create something, take a hike, have real conversations with friends or family. In other words, get centered, find what is real. Life is short.

"Poverty Dream" is sonically rich.

The Chorus:

But It was only a poverty dream
That you had in your little head
No, you weren’t really all those things
Especially not better off dead
When you blink your eyes
Wake up in the sunlight
Of peaches and cream
And multi-ethnicity
Brought to you by a screen

Go find the rest of the poetry on their Bandcamp page. 

guitar vocals lyrics: Hamilton Reece Caldwell
drums: Tyler Farrell
bass: Jacob Marsh, Hamilton Reece Caldwell

-Robb Donker Curtius

[SAMPLE_TEXT] · Poverty Dream

THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 

https://sampletext1.bandcamp.com/track/poverty-dream

https://open.spotify.com/track/2uadPGJMMsAAk9mjCbNYUN

https://soundcloud.com/user-661923470/poverty-dream

Anchorage, ak. Of average build and smell

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