Black Bag

by TV FACE

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The 2nd single taken from our debut album Tide of Men.

The song’s topic ain’t sexy but we had to write it anyway; it took some (broken) guts to put it on the album. It's about disablism, death by indifference, and a failing, flailing health system. It's personal and it's political. It's musically and lyrically twisted, eyeballing the abyss without blinking.

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HIS MIND IS SAD / LIKE A SCRATCHED CAR BONNET / HE’S A LIE THAT WAS NEVER MEANT / HIS BODY’S BAD / STICK A BLACK BAG ON IT / HE IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT / A DUMB EXPERIMENT / HIS BODY’S LINED BY A RAILWAY SPINE / NOTHING MORE THAN A CROOKED GENT / HIS TIME’S DEFINED / BY AN ILL-FORMED MIND / HE IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT / A DUMB EXPERIMENT / SCRATCH THAT HEAD, AN EMPTY NUT / ANOTHER QUACK TO MAKE THE CUT / ONE MORE DOSE OF IRRITANT / ONE MORE DUMB EXPERIMENT / HIS BODY’S BAD / STICK A BLACK BAG ON IT

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released March 22, 2024
Performers: Steve McWade: vocals, guitar; Brigit McWade: bass, vocals; Neil Parker: drums, perc.

Music by TV FACE
Lyrics by Steve McWade, Brigit McWade

Recorded and mixed by Steve McWade
Engineered & produced by TV FACE
Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork: Steve McWade

Recorded and mixed winter/spring 2023 in a church and a bungalow in rural Lancashire.

Thanks given heartily to: Steeny, Darren Green, Alan Cox, Crackedankles Records, Stoko, Rossi, Shireshead Studios, our friends in high places, Richard Turner, Stephen Holl, Spike.

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TV FACE Lancaster, UK

TV FACE are a postpunk noise rock gang of three from Lancaster, UK. Their forthcoming album Tide of Men was named album of the week by Louder Than War and is out on Crackedankles Records in September 2023.

“It's music that smashes against the walls and floors and ceilings and changes shape upon each ecstatic, erratic, elastic bounce" (Louder Than War) ... more

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