...please enjoy pioneering Melbourne femme garage pop-rockers Girl Monstar and the lead off track "Hate Train."
Inspirational verse:
Monster's got money and hate on his lipsThat first came out as a single at the end of last year, but it seems even more relevant to the tragic events of the past January.
He's a baby man in an electric van on an egomaniac trip yeah
Driving the hate train
He's driving the hate train, driving it off the rails
No brakes for women, no brakes for kids, knows he'll never go to jail
Yeah He's got you in his pocket, your phone is a gun on his hip
He's got satellites in the sky and soldiers on your street
Driving the hate train
He imagines he's a master, imagines he's a god
Imagines nothing but himself in total control
He's not liable for your losses, not liable for your pain
Selling gasoline lies and light the flame
Driving the hate train
Monster's got money, thinks he's so hot
Tells me he loves me, wants to f$ck me on his yacht
He's not liable for my losses, not liable for my pain
He's just ringing the hate bell, again and again and again and again
Driving the hate train
I mean -- hey, I could be wrong, but I think we all know who the song is about, specifically.
And even if these kids didn't mean it as a protest song indicting you-know-who, the metaphor is inescapable and inarguable.
Anyway, Girl Monstar, who I was previoously unaware of, have been big faves on the Australian rock scene since 1988, although individually they had moved on to other areas (both musically and geographically) by the early 90s. More recently, they apparently felt they still had work left to do, as you can plainly hear from the above.
Here's a recent and very brief bio-pic that will give you an idea just how cool they are!
And in the meantime, you can hear (and purchase) the rest of GRRRR!! over at Bandcamp HERE.
[h/t Dave Laing]
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