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Forgotten Ancestors

by EL COLOSSO

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1.
New Years 06:24
Always felt like strangers, Crowded in with other strangers. Always feared the nighttime, The lessons learned in darkness… So it’s got to be like you said, Never good enough – blow my head, Throw me to the ground, let’s see if you can hold me down… Tried to keep it peaceful, despite the weapons of words. Never fear the outcome – unless those voices come out of darkness… So it’s got to be like you said, Never good enough – blow my head, Throw me to the ground, let’s see if you can hold me down… Never fear… So it’s got to be like you said, Never good enough – blow my head, Throw me to the ground, let’s see if you can hold me down…
2.
Bystanders 03:06
Listen to the one who defies the answer, We hope it all works out one day. And now we’re getting reckless, it’s strange behaviour - An ever-higher price to pay. So long. It’s all gone. The war’s won... Put a gun to your head, just like I said, Keep your eyes on me now the pig is dead. I’m just a bystander at the scene of the crime... We’re living the way of the future, of long-dead ancestors. We can’t even breathe the fucking air. So long. It’s all gone. The war’s won... Put a gun to your head, just like I said, Keep your eyes on me now the pig is dead, I’m just a bystander at the scene of the crime... Latent power from the witching hour… You’re giving it up to strangers, like nothing at all… You’re wishing there was no danger, your head in the sand... Put a gun to your head, just like I said, Keep your eyes on me now the pig is dead, I’m just a bystander at the scene of the crime...
3.
You’ve got the angles all wrong It’s like you never tried at all You’ve given up some self-control You couldn’t help yourself any day soon Hide in plain sight – no contest You’re forgiven – unfettered My surrender – I’m fighting You deny it – no matter Made us ashamed, unclean Mirrors, they’ve shattered Maintain the foulest message Like none of it mattered You never looked like the one Your spinning head, your broken mind, it’s gone The urge to hunt down and destroy It’s overwhelming but at least it’s mine Hide in plain sight – no contest You’re forgiven – unfettered My surrender – I’m fighting You deny it – no matter Made us ashamed, unclean Mirrors, they’ve shattered Maintain the foulest message Like none of it mattered The wrong advice you’ve given Now cold revenge exacting I’ve washed my hands like Pilate No other way to guide it Made us ashamed, unclean Mirrors, they’ve shattered Maintain the foulest message Like none of it mattered
4.
As One 04:34
Slow down and wait – you’re killing me faster, You’re tempting the fates, I don’t want to leave it. We might have a problem, a hidden believer, Cry out if you can’t take the blame… So make up your mind, your choices are fading, Lives are entwined, are voices are as one… As one, I’m hoping it’s worth it as we try to get it done… Give up this lie, it’s all beyond reason. Though I might try, exceed expectations. So make up your mind, your choices are fading, Lives are entwined, our spirits are as one… As one, I’m hoping it’s worth it as we try to get it done. So rewind to the beginning, Inside, where nothing matters… As one, I’m hoping it’s worth it as we try to get it done.
5.
Too Many Times Won You want to end it now, and still you try not to. You try the only way how, the cost just doesn’t matter. Call it what you want, I say ‘betray’, You must release your hold, give up this day… I look back, die wondering, Caught up in spells stunning, Life changing, mind bridging, Illuminated, souls mutated… You know this hurts, still you can’t stop scratching. You know it’s disturbed, the razor keeps on cutting. Call it what you want, I say ‘betray’, You must release your hold, give up this day… I look back, die wondering, Caught up in spells stunning. Life changing, mind bridging, Illuminated, souls mutated… Too many times won, in the shadows, they’re hidden ventures. Too many times won, in the shadows, in the shadows…
6.
I wake up slowly, unholy. My head won’t realise… There’s no more innocence in stories, The words just don’t apply… Look and see – you know you’ll be… We knew the end that was coming, We saw the fractured sun. A channel right to the heavens that never appease anyone. Look and see – you know you’ll be… I miss the light in you, You hope that hope will prove, We give up shattered dreams, I hope it’s all that it seems. Pick up the pieces, Forget all your hopeless promises, Don’t keep it secret, Desperate and lonely… I miss the light in you, You hope that hope will prove, We give up shattered dreams, I hope it’s all that it seems. Look and see – you know you’ll be… Given time, we’ll make it right, Given hope… Don’t look away, you’ll lose your sight, Don’t let it go…
7.
Backchat 07:13
Liars all, they come in legions and lead us all to war. The history of the dark deceptions, they know the truth no more. Prepare the killing floor! To even up the score! We want it no more! Opened veins from empty vessels, you see the red release. Listen to the worthless answers, a vain attempt at peace. Prepare the killing floor! To even up the score! The bloodlust wanting more! We want it no more! You wanted infection, A new direction, You kept it in closer, It was all noted, Another confession, It’s all complication Another infraction A different distraction It was all lies…

about

The last year has been the roughest in a generation, and although the lyrics and music were all written pre-pandemic, with the benefit of hindsight so much of the content of FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS seems near prophetic. Politics has devolved into bare faced lies and division. Socially our society has been divided into with-us-or-against-us mindsets that react against reason and empathy. As so many react against science, we are in danger of losing our humanity.

Although FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS is not a concept album per se, there are common themes throughout: warnings, anger, frustration, rebellion – all relating to the way we treat each other, and the way that nefarious powers seek to treat us.

The album, though, does not dwell on the sombre or outright impotent rage of so much other heavy rock genres – there is also humour, love and hope. Otherwise, what’s the point? A protest song can just as effectively also be a love song, at least in the EL COLOSSO universe.

FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS is a work we are all immensely proud of. We have been able to approach this project with the truest form of the DIY philosophy. With the tracking masterfully recorded by Richard Stolz at Woodstock Studios in Melbourne - just before Australia’s lockdown episodes - with vocals and other overdubs being recorded at home studios, being mixed by Alex Hayes and the rest of the band via online, real-time sessions, this record is very much an honest and bold example of what EL COLOSSO can achieve. We’re less interested in genres and more interested in producing art that pleases first ourselves, and then you, the music fan.

Thank you for being among the first to join us on this journey. We hope to see you in a venue soon. Let’s hang. Come up and say hi. We love meeting fellow fans of music. Tell us your story. We’ll have a few drinks, have a lot of laughs, and we promise to play loud!

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released December 17, 2020

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