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Xenophilia

by Vandemonian

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1.
Robotor 04:17
2.
broken home don’t think that I can see your light is on everyone ignores the fact that babylon didn’t stand the test of time and ramadan isn’t going to eat our children blood pouring down your face don’t think I can stand these images come on give me a break it all seems so far away from here radio don’t think that I can’t see whats going on everyone ignores the fact that africa can’t be sold on ebay and america isn’t going to save our souls what? what did you just say? “there’s a hundred million more at home” come on give me a break that’s what we call xenophobia are you calling out for attention? are you holding on for dear life? are you calling out?
3.
Razumikhin 04:40
4.
Jack Ketch 06:10
Take a deep breath Nailed to your desk You know you can’t keep on like this You’re suffocating Oxygen masks fall It looks just like the drill But the air hostess don’t look the same Makeup’s flowing all over her face What we need is more anonymity What am I to do? Am I anonymous to you? Touch down on the landing page Redirect through time and space No need to ask the way Trapped in the digital age Surrounded by all friends Or at least avatars of them They always will be there for you At least till you get disconnected What we need is more anonymity What am I to do? Am I anonymous to you?
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Coming up for air, Deep inside the atmosphere, Trying to ignore the news, Got and offer that you can't refuse, Tear the institutions down, The revolution's run aground, Make like an expatriate, It's time to excommunicate!
7.
man is invertebrate an inebriated eloquent a raving hypochondriac gonna take the easy way out man is invertebrate he’s got no back bone to speak of but a lot of ideas and an inherent tendency to lie man is nomadic he’s got no home to speak of no family ties to break off no nation to get sentimental about man he’s in the wrong film appearing only in deleted scenes this one isn’t going to screen it’s going straight to dvd man’s a liability but it’s always someone else’s fault don’t expect him to communicate don’t expect him to act like an adult man’s a warmonger he’s always mongering wars gonna raise the military budget he’s gonna take all the rest of us down with him when he goes man i want a nuclear war I want the earth scorched worse than before i want the bodies piled up and obliterated and i want every child to get an AK47 for their birthday what about all the blood, tears and sweat? whatever happened to lest we forget? while all the ANZACs are out enjoying the parade the collective memory of mankind has been erased man’s a genius when he was born he broke the mould he has the ability to create, destroy and rebuild he’s got his art and music and time to kill man has conscience and a reputation to uphold so are we really so numb are we gonna succumb to our greed, material needs and meglomania?
8.
Souls 03:25
for every soul that you have sold i’m like the kraken of old i’m coming from the deep to drag you down into a dark and watery grave for every tank that you have sold i’m like the napalm strikes of old flames raining from the sky i’m a raging hellfire what the people don’t want the people won’t have what you take from the people the people take back for every submarine full of gold i’m like the depth charges of old i’ll take you down into the bismarck sea for every injustice you serve to me for every bank that you have bailed for every criminal gone unjailed for every family living hand to mouth while we reap the profits of the global south what the people don’t want the people won’t have what you take from the people the people take back For every family lost at sea nobody wants to be a refugee for every application been denied how the hell we gonna put things right? for every body that was never found what kind of society just let you drown? we’re sending out the coastguard to scoop you out we’ll take you back where you came from and set you down

about

Xenophilia is a turbulent album for these turbulent times.
The people of the world are being divided, displaced, misguided, misled. 
War, greed and social injustice are driving people from their homes, causing fear and distress, spurring them into the unknown. The future looks bleak.
The media paints this picture, spraying us with horror, shock and awe. Every day we are confronted with problems of the world of a magnitude we cannot handle. 

The world is moving too fast and many cannot keep up. The rise of the right, nationalist movements with followers hell bent on keeping strangers without, all the while ignoring the simple truth: we are one. We are all the same.

The big index fingers waving incessantly, correcting any who deviate from the correct opinion, oh so tolerant, yet intolerant to recognise: we are one. We are all the same.
Fear drives those who have nothing but their tradition, nation and flag.
Fear drives those who have everything and everything to lose. The future is bleak. If it is driven by fear.
Yet Xenophilia is not about fear. It is about progress. We must move forward and embrace the unknown. It is a chance to learn, to grow and to give. 

In a brave new world there can be no fear. We cannot claim to know the truth and ban others from voicing their concern. We cannot continue to be divided, because deep down we cannot fail to accept: we are one. We are all the same. 

credits

released February 20, 2021

All songs by Vandemonian.
Drums: Alexander Benthin
Guitars, vocals and keys: Nick Braren
Bass: Ben Feddersen

Bass on Xenophilia by former member Alexander Steininger.
Cello by Fabian Josten.

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Nick Braren.
Initial live tracking at Soundhafen, Hamburg.
Mastered by Fabian Tormin at Plätlin Mastering, Hamburg.
Snowden soundbites on National Insecurity provided by acTVism Munich. www.actvism.org
Cover photo by Nina Magee. Design by Nick Braren.

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