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Nose Dive (Single) featuring Riskee

by Faintest Idea

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This is our brand new single ‘Nose Dive’ off our forthcoming album.
Lyrically the song addresses trying to balance being politically active while having to hold down a full time job to keep your head above the water. Questioning whether you’re doing enough politically but also having no time to do any more.

It’s taken us a fair amount of time to finish this album in part due to us wanting to make sure we threw everything we had into it and making sure we made it all sound as big as possible. This was massively helped by the whole thing being mastered by the legendary Alan Douches (Against Me!, Bad Brains, The Slackers) at West West Side Music.

Wanna send out massive love to Riskee for jumping on the track. He’s one of the best lyricists to come out of the punk scene in years and we wanna thank him for smashing his verse.

Also massive love to Rikk from The JB Conspiracy for laying down keys and filling out the song.

New LP 'Road to Sedition' out Spring 2023 on TNS Records (UK/Europe) and Jump Start Records (North America).

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released September 19, 2022

Recorded and mixed by Steve Phipps at Melpomene Audio
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music
All songs written by Faintest Idea
All lyrics written by Dani Rascal

Guest vocals by Riskee (Riskee & the Ridicule)

Faintest Idea are:
Doug – Drums & percussion
Mark – Guitar & backing vox
Dani – Bass & Vox
Bobble – Trombone & vox
Katie – Alto Sax
Dave – Trumpet & backing vox
Lil Dan – Tenor & Bari sax

Lyrics:

So it’s coffee for the weekdays and alcohol for the ends
Self prescribed to exorcise those demons in my head
Preaching from a pulpit to a congregation lost
‘Give nothing less but your whole soul and forget the cost’
But I’m a fully paid up member of the underpaid and lost
I spent 67 hours this week shackled to my job
If I was given half the chance again I’d rather not sell my soul
But I need something in my pockets to accompany the holes

I need something in my pockets to accompany the holes

NOSE! DIVE! NOSE! DIVE!
Into the downfall
Straight into the downfall
When the only thing worse than being exploited is not being exploited at all
We head into the
NOSE! DIVE! NOSE! DIVE!
Into the downfall
Straight into the downfall

[Riskee]
Bang baba bang ba bang goes the till drawer
Time is a currency and they steal yours
Company dress code? I got dressed in a ditch
Shaved head walking in like
IT’S BRITNEY BITCH!
Leave Britney alone, I’m just doing my thing
Roll up on my manager like I’m Ronnie fucking Pickering
Minimum Rage keeps me off of the streets
But I wanna put a bullet in the big corporate beast

Another prole
Another drone
Another 40 fucking years working my hands down to the bone
Another cog
In the machine
Greased with alcohol, diazepam, marijuana and caffeine

So the questions always itching ‘Should I be doing more?’
I’m holding on to principles I simply can’t afford
Turning out my pockets for £2.70
But I’m stuck out in the pouring rain coz I can’t afford the fee

The questions always itching ‘Should I be doing more?’
I’m sick of shouting slogans with no kick through the door
Screaming NEITHER GOD NOR MASTER
With no sense of irony
As I drag my arse back into work for the endless drudgery

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Faintest Idea King'S Lynn, UK

A punk band that plays ska signed to TNSrecords (UK) & Jump Start Records (USA)

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