Future of the Left "Arming Eritrea"

[YoungKauri]

Haha. There were 7 tory rah-rahs that came here thinking this was something that they needed to know about

[mcgorgomagan]

Screamo? CLEARLY this is post-reggae/powerpolka fusion.

[pinkertonne]

this is obviously electro-pop.

[newkillergenius]

YES!  FUCK YOU RICK!!!!!!

[myzakm]

If you REALLY want to label this it would probably be post-hardcore or art-punk. Really though, it's just aggressive rock music.

[caspapin]

weird video to watch after having a wank

[ChainedHeartTattoo]

Wow...it seems like many have missed the point of this song; it's facetious. The point, from the black humor perspective, is that it would be far cheaper to facilitate Eritrea in destroying itself than it would be to offer humanitarian assistance. And this of course would ultimately allow the rest of the world to move on, ignore the issue or absolve itself. So the subtext is that the facetiousness is an indictment of human nature and serves as a bleak prediction for future events...

[SethBrundleDirtyFly]

@ChainedHeartTattoo why would arming eritrea = eritreas destruction? and eritrea is actually famous for refusing humanitarian assistance, in fact its the only african country in 2011 to refuse us aid and it has removed aid agencys from its territory, so maybe the use of eritrea means something more

[PSYC113]

hm, yummi

[rockerlkj]

Sir, I'll give you this. This is a pretty awesome video.

And an even more awesome song. Kudos. 

[kiliawta]

i like this song, i always love heavy metal anything todo with the devil

peace

[tkDarko]

@kiliawta this is alternative, hardly heavy metal..

also check Future of the Left's other song "you need satan more than he needs you"

[swarm69]

@kiliawta noise rock/punk i feel would be a more appropriate description of this sound

[gregpasq]

@kiliawta

Heavy metal? Are you serious?

[joannenicole91]

such a solid song but the clip is enough to give me nightmares. urgh. can't watch

[kshadford]

@joannenicole91 I'm taking that as a compliment! Thanks!

[Bauknecht88]

This band is sick. And that's meant as a compliment.

[AdventuresOnAUkulele]

Jeez.. What's with all the bugs?!

[NoComeDown75]

whats it about. the lyrics. the tune i dig.

[pazisad]

sounds a bit like Muse :/

[FISHMUSIC4U]

love the transition at the 2:32, spin off to the real nice, great sharp ending!!

[azarrab]

god, when i first heard this song on faction, i thought, 'shit, this guys voice is annoying, hes a high pitched screecher, i dont like it, he better be wearing thick black frame glasses, and look sweaty as shit.' nope, hes just some guy with an annoying voice. come on rick!...seriously, who the fuck is rick?

[sweetttina666]

Im a little confused- is this the official video? Great song, BTW

[kshadford]

@sweetttina666 nope, its not official by any means, just a spec video I put together. Although I did talk to the gents at the show they played in Brooklyn and they dug it.

[bulletproofcupid007]

I really want to know who this jackass Rick is....who is Rick ?!

[rhchiligurl]

@bulletproofcupid007 Rick is my exboyfriend.....and when i heard this song i fell in love with it

[dcs000001]

@bulletproofcupid007 Yeah FUCK Rick!

[XadrikXu]

Like it... It KIX AX! :0

[oreillymartin666]

As good as Mclusky. Pride of Wales.

[Zagretay]

interesting..arming Eritrea....All Eritrea is asking is to be left alone. Is that too much to ask? God bless Eritrea...

[kshadford]

@Zagretay hmmm not really sure the appropriate way to respond to this one.

[Kyomara]

@Zagretay

Yeah, they're just telling a story as a character, most likely a British official stationed in Eritrea before they left in 1951. But who knows unless you ask them?

[DrBeardo]

@Zagretay Eritrea is a single party dictatorship that punishes any independent news or political parties. This kind of thing is far too common on the African continent and causes massive amounts of needless suffering because everyone lives in fear.

[geoPhaze]

there are 2 kinds of music, this is the good kind.

[DallinCoons]

As far as I'm concerned, there's only about 4 genres out there.

[dcs000001]

its emo *runs away post haste*

[kshadford]

it always reminds me of christian gangsta rap.

[Kyomara]

@dcs000001

Emo it most definitely ain't. Show me the overly emotive bullshit high school poetry lyrics and tight pants, please.

These guys owe much more to the post-punk of the 90's.

[dcs000001]

@Kyomara Oh like Blink-182, the Offspring, a touch of Def Leppard... I'm with you now.

[654321]

I just call it punk rock, let's not get specific here. It follows in roots of punk, and this song fucking rules. COME ON, RICK!

[eriblood]

Why did they call the song "arming Eritrea" ?lol

[Tigrinja]

This guys Rock!

[braincras]

it's noize rock with a post-punk edge.

whatever, it's very good.

[ilovejohnfarnham]

its called noisecore, but I hate labeling music...

[keenoss]

this shit goes offfff, cant wait for them to hit melbs... go nuts

[sedado51]

muito foda!!!!!!!

[plugola]

Noise rock

[FabioSooner]

That crescendo part right after the middle of the song is probably the reason why some are saying that's "screamo". Me, I don't care how is it called - it's just that this part is the only thing that keeps the album from being absolutely perfect. Still, a very good song.

[3lack5wan]

Screamo?! Are you mad?! Fuck genres. You muppets only recognise something when it's being sold to you. This is Future of the Left. It's aggression, but you fuckwits wouldn't know anything about... Just names, labels and a feeling of "collective individualism".

[brendanbebop]

@3lack5wan IM AN ADULT

[realsugarpig]

@3lack5wan I wish I could give you a hundred thumbs up. Fucking post-rock, screamo...enjoy it or not, but quit slicing it finer and finer.

[tjnuge]

@3lack5wan Hell Yeah!

[dirtyzine]

...screamo?

[asaw94]

? its like he's half trying to be rock and half screamo .. idk but i dont like it .lol

[LemonZeppelin]

It's actually alternative/noise rock. Meaning, rock but with discordance (having little to no tune). The album is gd, tbh. I might buy it when I get a job.

[asaw94]

hmm very informative lol ..

[kshadford]

yo Lemon, please don't get a job. just save nickels, yo.

[payno101]

@LemonZeppelin thanks for sharing, i feel enriched.

[Garthock]

it's not screamo at all.. what so ever.

[grungeluvr]

its sludge punk i would say

[tashalight0817]

i'd say post punk, or fucking awesome. either/or.

[xxwishforwingsxx]

anyone know where i can get this song??

[gusseke]

Best song of 2009 !!!

[MikeFlach]

Fuck Yeah!!!!