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Oxygen Tank - Demo 2021 (Undesirable​-​026)

by Oxygen Tank

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    Oxygen Tank began as a quarantine project between Chris Colohan (SECT, Cursed, Left For Dead) and Morgan Carpenter (Hive, Prison Shank). Carpenter wrote a crop of songs inspired by his love of early ‘00s Boston hardcore, and Colohan laid down vocals inspired by his favorite ‘90s Cleveland bands. The result is an EP of catchy, circle-pit friendly hardcore fans of In My Eyes, Ten Yard Fight, and Nine Shocks Terror would all bedroom mosh to. Three ripping original tracks and an updated version of Black Flag’s “Police Story” for the current hellscape.

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1.
(To the wolves I have known and loved) Looking back through the eyes of now to our hallowed stomping ground Don’t you wish you could set it in stone? Don’t you just want to leave it alone? I was a fool to think it would never end / never end Cause I was there but I wasn’t (the absolution, it’s helping no one) And we all knew but we didn’t (to keep the peace or keep the pieces?) Surely there was something else to be between wolves and sheep predator and prey Our world wasn’t supposed to work that fucking way and now what can I say? I was standing right there somewhere looking off some other way Laughing with the rest, no one saying “Help” So who’s to absolve us now for questions we failed ask so close to home when its one of our own? It’s so easy now to play the hero to see the signs, to kill the vibe and cut you loose to do your time …too little and too fucking late.
2.
Blue Dot is getting paler Blue Dot is blinking out “horrors beyond comprehension” If this ain’t that then I don’t know Echoes of a dead star How’d it make it this far? Blaming all the scapegoats Praying to its own excuses Deluded beyond failure all the answers in their hands, they chose convenience and collapse - is that a tragedy or just a bad joke falling flat? And all they had to do was look up And all they had to do was give a fuck The void will forget the dust (if it ever noticed us) the last gasp lost on made up gods They went down in a haze of deluded lies asphyxiation monetized Hoping against hope against the tyranny of cause and effect. Sleepwalking through extinction Anything but to lay in the bed they made I don’t know whether to laugh or fucking die. “You’re Preaching to the mirror,” said the dust / said the dust “…I’ve never been so ready to be nothing at last” / nothing at last
3.
Doomwatch 01:30
Shit hits fan and here I am I know the drill like the back of my hand Next refresh is gonna be the one, the word that it was all a dream Every ugly thing we kicked down the road found its way back home Stuck like rats in a million darkened rooms, mainlining doom In the throes, in a thrall by the dying light of the endless scroll Not with a whimper and not with a bang No world out there worth living in Just bad thoughts doing circles and patience wearing thin. It took a plague Now we see what we’re made of in a billion lonely rooms Algorithmic death Infinite refresh Cheap illusions will get you everywhere but out of here.
4.
Fuck all the cities
 and fuck all the pigs 
 one knee on any neck That disagrees Understand
 we're fighting a war
 they can't win 
They hate us
 we hate them. 
 They can't win - no way Fearless mothers 
Opinionated sons Targets for cowards Hiding faces behind guns (fuck you) Understand 
We're fighting a war
 They can't win
 They hate us
 We hate them They can’t win 500 years and It doesn’t change 
The boss’s guard dogs 
 still on the take Understand
 We're fighting a war 
They can't win 
They hate us
 We hate them 
They can't win, no way Stand with people or stand with pigs Stand with bigots And you’re dead to me Understand
 We're fighting a war
 They can't win 
They hate us
 We hate them
 They can't win No justice, No fucking peace.

about

Oxygen Tank is what happens when Morgan Carpenter (Hive, Prison Shank) and Chris Colohan start a quarantine band.
Combining a love for early 00's Boston hardcore and the reckless, self-destructive spirit of Clevo bands like Nine Shocks Terror, Oxygen Tank bring you three new tracks of ripping hardcore that will have you bedroom moshing (when shows get shut down again any goddamn minute) - and a take on "Police Story," tailored for our current hellscape.

Originally self-released as a limited cassette (that sold out promptly,) Anthems of The Undesirable is proud to bring you all the 7" version of this recording.

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released May 6, 2022

Recorded in Minneapolis and Toronto by Dan Jensen and Peter Mahoney, respectively.
Mixed and Mastered by Dan Jensen.
Words by Chris Colohan, Riffs by Morgan Carpenter (except P.S. '21 by Old Man Ginn).

Vocals performed by Chris Colohan, instruments performed by Morgan Carpenter.

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