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Antidote

Release date: 23rd March 2018

From New MaterialTrack 56:01
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'Antidote' by Preoccupations is a 2018 indie rock track from the album 'New Material'. The lyrics are a bleak, accusatory roll-call of self-sabotage and systems gone wrong, with images of harm and wasted value. They position time as an agent of pressure, then fold into a wider sense of damaged perception, before landing on resignation, as the voice concludes, “Might as well be”. The mood is confrontational and claustrophobic, built from hard, industrial-sounding metaphors and a relentless, matter-of-fact tone.

"Antidote" is a track by Preoccupations, from the album New Material, released 23rd March 2018. The track is 6:01 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Preoccupations.

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Antidote

Sending current down the barbed wire
Burning currency in bonfires, there's no why
And are you passengers approved
Time kill is giving you too much to lose soon
With a dominance on narcissism in the metasphere setting concrete
Ill-affected by significant destruction
Might as well be catastrophic, catastrophic

Bending lies, disgust
Hiding behind the protection of the veil

Trying to untangle the map
Everything slips right through your shaking hands
Whether we ask for it or not
To live is to suffer again and again

Take the time to catch your breath
You're at a loss, you have no thoughts
No dialogue between yourself
And an intelligent objective

Bending lies, despised
Hiding behind the protection of the veil
Bending lies, despised
Hiding behind the tipping of the scales

Trying to untangle the map
Everything slips right through your shaking hands
Whether we ask for it or not
To live is to suffer again and again

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Uneven ratios, under a microscope

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Under a microscope, uneven ratios

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Uneven ratios, under a microscope

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Uneven ratios, under a microscope

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Uneven ratios, under a microscope

Information overdose, looking for antidotes
Uneven ratios, under a microscope

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Daniel Christiansen, Matt Flegel, Mike Wallace, Preoccupations, Scott Munro
    Producer
    Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Matt Flegel, Scott Munro
    Bass
    Matt Flegel
    Drums
    Mike Wallace
    Guitar
    Daniel Christiansen, Scott Munro
    Vocals
    Matt Flegel
    Mastering Engineer
    Dave Cooley
    Mixing Engineer
    Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Mike Schuppan
    Recording Engineer
    Scott Munro
    Synthesizer
    Scott Munro
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