Bastards of tomorrow
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September 2, 2011 |
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CD, LP, download |
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12 |
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43:19 |
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Bastards of Tomorrow is the sixth studio album by the German band Toxpack . It was released on September 2, 2011 on the independent label Sunny Bastards . The LP version was published by Crazy United Records.
History of origin
After the release of the previous album Epidemie (2009), both the previous label People Like You Records and the distributor SPV had to file for bankruptcy. Both were later bought by Century Media . Toxpack planned to record a new album in April 2010, but People Like You Records and their new distributor thought it was premature. So it was mutually decided to go their separate ways. You then switched to Sunny Bastards. The album title, however, is not an allusion to the change and was already determined beforehand. In October 2010 the first song fragments were put together. The pre-production lasted from January to the fixed studio date in April 2011. With the exception of Wenn die Sehnsucht dies , in which the text is by Hinnrich Schmidt, all the songs were written by Tommi Tox (Thomas Rademacher). Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Harris Johns and recorded in the Music Lab Studios in Berlin .
The album was released on September 2nd, 2011 via Sunny Bastards just in time for the band's ten-year anniversary. An LP version was released through Crazy United Records. In addition, a limited picture LP and a version on white vinyl were released.
Track list
- Ludi Incipiant - 1:17
- Ten - 2:59
- To all the demons - 3:08
- Bastards of Tomorrow - 3:16
- The problem is ourselves - 3:46
- Wounds of Time - 3:33
- Today so, Tomorrow so (feat. Roi Pearce from The Last Resort ) - 3:40
- What binds us together - 3:41
- When longing dies - 3:39
- Profile neurotics - 3:35
- Clockwork - 3:43
- EBSC (feat. Paul Bearer from Sheer Terror ) - 3:45
- Libertas - 3:17
Song info
The title song Bastards of Tomorrow is about people who reject others because of their appearance, their political orientation or their differences. It is a socially critical song that addresses and denounces the "forced lack of individuality (...) in our class society". The same topic is covered when longing dies , the only song whose lyrics were written by drummer Schmidt.
With Roi Pearce ( The Last Resort ) and Paul Bearer ( Sheer Terror ) two well-known guest singers could be found. Today so, tomorrow so is about scene hoppers and followers who don't stay true to any scene, but always jump on the latest trend. The first stanza was sung in German and the second stanza Roi Pearce can be heard in English.
The outro of EBSC was eingesprochen of Paul Bearer of Sheer Terror and comes from a boozy night in New York City . The abbreviation stands for East Berlin StreetCore , the name given to Toxpack's musical style.
Music genre
The band, which originally came from the Oi! - and street punk scene, was able to establish itself with this album in the German rock scene, which was growing at the time. Still at home in street punk, Toxpack are a bit harder and darker on this album. Some riffs are reminiscent of German Thrash Metal from the 1980s. Despite the harshness, the songs are catchy. The musical style of Bastards of Tomorrow was compared with, among others, The Exploited , The Business , Agnostic Front , Troopers and Volxsturm . The German lyrics deal with the hard life on the street, personal experiences and the punk scene in general.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Sebastian Walkenhorst: TOXPACK - Hard guitars, dark sound and lyrics from the street . In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 97 (August / September), 2011 ( ox-fanzine.de ).
- ↑ a b c d e Review: Toxpack - Bastards Of Tomorrow. (No longer available online.) Mindfuck Society, September 2, 2014, archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on December 22, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tomorrow's Bastards. Discogs , accessed December 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Sebastian Walkenhorst: TOXPACK: Bastards of tomorrow . In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 97 (August / September), 2011 ( ox-fanzine.de ).
- ^ Moritz Alves: Toxpack / Bastards of Tomorrow. Rock Times, August 27, 2011, accessed December 23, 2015 .
