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796

Meryl Streek - 796 [politically-outspoken Irish avant garde punk]

796

Meryl Streek

  • Release2022.11
  • Genreavant garde punk, punk

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Track List

  1. The Start-:--
  2. Full Of Grace-:--
  3. Death To The Landlord-:--

    You’ve lied so much your teeth have become rotten
    Yellow and stained from all the Shite you’ve been talking
    And it’s left to us to pick up the pieces with smiles on our faces.
    Say no to wanker landlords running the country
    Say no to paying someone else’s mortgage your whole life
    Say no to living in a tent and being happy with it
    Say no to having to pay yourself into debt to keep on top of your mental health and
    stability, just say no.
    Say no to being told lies your whole existence
    Say no to gentrification
    Say fuck off to five days a week listening to some prick telling ya how to lift a box
    Say no to being hardworking and getting stuck your whole life to a wife beating legend
    Say no to Tayto and yes to King
    Say no to bus drivers who can’t pretend to love their Jobs for two minutes
    And if it was up to me…
    I’d have your head on a fucking plate
    And this song goes out to any two-faced prick politician making money off a mother and
    two kids for a bedsit.

    Your day is gonna come! I’ll be here to remind you! You’ve fucked us.
    And I’m supposed to be quiet?
    Proven to have a head like Emma O’Doherty with no brain cells to rub together.
    Just like her you’ve gone and proved yourself once again this country’s fucked
    and it’s us picking up the pieces, yet again it’s us picking up the pieces.
    The Dail Eireann bar hopping every day because you clowns can’t fucking figure out
    what to do.
    I get panic attacks daily because of your fuck ups and I’m supposed to
    smile?
    Fuck you and take this song with yas.

    I’ve opened enough fortune cookies to know my wish aint coming through.
    Death to the Landlord! Good Riddance to yas!

  4. False Apologies-:--

    False apologies, blood all over the Bible.
    All I keep hearing is false apologies.
    Like it meant nothing at all.
    False apologies, and what a time to be alive and speak the truth.
    The church are a bunch of crooks unlike me and you.
    Just give it to me Straight!
    And you’ve shed more blood than John Rambo.
    Covered up by the state.
    False apologies. Covered up the state.
    The silence is crippling.
    False apologies like it’s nothing at all.
    Hang your head and say your own prayers.

    Bon Secour Bonjour

    I’m just saying what needs to be said, the silence is crippling.
    And it’s ok to believe in something but don’t preach this shit to me, it makes me sick to live, False apologies hang your head in shame.
    Dodging billets like John Rambo and not following your own rules like you taught me to do.
    Don’t play this album and go and say your prayers see if I care.

    Breaking your own F****** rules
    Thou shall not kill!
    Bon Secour Bonjour
    False Apologies like it was nothing at all,
    800 in a mass grave says it all
    These victims had names and if I had a brother I’d like to know about it!
    The silence is crippling, there’s more blood on the Bible than anything we speak.
    Don’t play this album and see if I give a ***t.
    You make me sick.

  5. Yesterday-:--

    MY DAYS ARE DARK AS SHIT BUT I CAN’T LET IT WIN.
    24/7 MIND GOING ROUND THE BEND
    I’VE GOT A LOT TO SAY AND THAT’S THE POINT WITH THIS YOU SAID IT. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT IT. IT WAS LIKE GLASS ON MY EYES WITH NO FAITH BY MY SIDE.
    AND YOU TOOK IT BACK AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T GET TO THIS TWICE AND I LOVED YOU TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK BUT YOU LEFT WHEN I
    NEEDED YOU MOST YOU SAID I THOUGHT YOU MEANT IT
    AND YOU TOOK IT BACK FOR THE CRAIC
    JUST LIKE THAT
    AND I’M NOT HERE TO OFFEND BUT THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE SAID
    MOST PEOPLE DON’T GET TO SEE THIS TWICE. IT’S A HELL OF A VICE OVED YOURSELF I’VE A PIT IN CHEST TELLIN ME SOMETHINGS NOT RICHT I WAKE UP
    SCARED. I WAKE UP SCARED.

    FOR THOSE I LOVE SAID IT SO WELL. SO WELL.

    I JUST WANT TO BE HEARD. AND THAT’S WHY I MADE THIS SONG FOR YOU.
    IT’S A HELL OF A VICE THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T SEE TWICE. THEY DON’T SEE TWICE

    I’LL TAKE IT FOR YA.

    AND I LOVEO YOU TWO PACES FORWARO AND ONE STEP BACK BUT IT’S A HELL OF A VICE THAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T SEE TWICE.
    AND I NEEDED YOU MOST WHEN YOU WEREN’T HERE. ANO THAT GIVES ME A FUCKIN SCARE…

    I MAKE THESE SONGS TO REMIND MYSELF OF THE DAYS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE. YOU’VE LIED SO MUCH YOUR TEETH HAVE BECOME ROTTEN. THE ONCE ANO FUTURE KING SAYS GOODNIGHT WITH SORROW.

    AND I DON’T OIVE A SHIT IF YOU LIKE THIS ALBUM OR NOT.

    NEVER LOSE FAITH IN ME BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN SIGHT. I WROTE THIS SONG JUST FOR YOU. WITH ALL MY MIGHT.

  6. Matter Of Fact-:--

    PLEADING FOR YEARS AND YEARS TRYIN TO GET INTO HOTPRESS MAGAZINE.
    JUST SO I COULD SHOW MY GRANNY ANNE I WAS FAMOUS TO ABOUT 74 PEOPLE.

    THERE CAN I PLEASE SUPPORT YOU IN EAMON DORAN’S IN THE YEAR 2034.
    HERE’S ME DEMO. NO JOY OF COURSE.

    NO SUPPORT EVER JUST EYES WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE ANO HEAVY
    BREATHING. IT’S LIKE A DAVIO LUNCH MOVIE I SWEAR. OR SOMETHING FROM
    1984.

    HAVING FAITH IN BANS YOUR WHOLE LIFE IT’S A WAY TO SUDDEN DEATH
    ALWAYS FRONTED BY SOME ARSEHOLE LIKE MYSELF.

    AH SOCIAL WELFARE IT’S NICE TO MEET YOU ONCE AGAIN AND I’LL REMEMBER THAT COLD STONE LIKE HUG ANY DAY. AND I’LL REMEMBER TO WATCH EVERY STEP UP AND DOWN. BECAUSE IF I BREAK MY LEG AND END UP IN BEAMOUNT AGE I’LL 8E THERE FOR 96 DAYS AT LEAST. UNDERSTAFFED I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY
    DO IT. THANK YOU.

    AND I DON’T THINK ANYTHING I GIVE OUT ABOUT SHOULO BE CONSIDERED A LUXURY. MAYBE I CAN LOSE THE BATHROOM AND KITCHEN AND SHARE A BEDROOM WITH 15-28 JUST IF IT KEEPS US NICE AND BREEZY.

    CHEERS UP ANYWAY BECAUSE THE WORST IS YET TO COME.

    I STARTEO OUT WITH NOTHING AND I STILL HAVE MOST OF IT LEFT
    SEASTCK STEVE

    NOBOOY WANTS FUCK ALL TO DO WITH YOU UNTIL YOU BECOME SOMETHING. IT’S A RUTHLESS GAME AND EVERYONE PLAYS IT AND THAT’S A MATTER OF FACT.

    IT’S A MATTER OF FACT

    AND I DON’T THINK ANYTHING I GIVE OUT ABOUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED LUXURY. I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHING AND I STILL HAVE MOST OF IT LEFT TO

  7. 796-:--

    WE ARE NOT YOUR FALLEN ANGELS
    AND MORE THAN A SHAME, IN A MASS GRAVE
    WE ARE NOT YOUR FALLEN ANGELS
    AND MORE THAN A SHAME, IN A MASS GRAVE

    UNMARKED, COVER UPS, DEGRADATION
    TRAUMA TRICKLES DOWN GENERATION EXCAVATION
    IRISH WOMEN, TORTURED AND SHAMED – ENSLAVED
    BY SISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH
    BY SISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH?
    NO APOLOGY, NO REDRESS, WILL EVER UNDO
    THE STATE RUN ABUSE WILL NEVER BE EXHUMED
    NEVER BE EXHUMED

    AND THEY CALLED OUR WOMEN INSANE
    RIDICULED AND INFLICTED WITH BLAME
    AND THEY CALLED OUR WOMEN INSANE

    THAT CRY TO HIGH HEAVEN AND GETTING
    NOTHING IN RETURN CHURCH STATE
    ARRANGEMENTS HIDDEN AND SILENCED.

    THE DEPARTED STAY PRESENT
    THE YEAR IT OPENED 1925 7 LIVES LOST, 9
    IN 1930,11 IN 1931, 24 IN 1932, 32 IN
    1933, 26 IN 1938, 34 IN 1940, 40 IN 1944,
    52 IN 1947 796 LIVES TOTAL. WE’RE
    TALKING ABOUT LIVES.
    THE DEPARTED STAY PRESENT.

  8. Demon-:--

    H E DOUBLE L WE ARE EACH OUR OWN DEVIL AND WE MAKE THIS WORLD OUR OWN HELL HE GREW UP BEING FED LIES, DIDN’T GET THE OPTION TO HAVE AN EDUCATION. HAD A TUBE OF PRINGLES A DAY IF HE GOT LUCKY, MAYBE SOME BREAD ON THE SIDE TO GO WITH IT. ALWAYS LISTENED TO WHAT YOU’D SAY EXCEPT WHEN IT INVOLVED LIFESTYLE HABITS OR CHANGES NEEDED. NOT A PENNY TO HIS NAME BUT ALWAYS OK FOR A GARGLE. UNABLE TO SPEAK SO YOU DRINK AND SMOKE YOURSELF DRY.
    BALLS TO THE WALLS FOR MOVIE QUOTES HE’D TELL YOU WHAT YEAR BETH DAVIS DIED IN A TICK OR TOKE
    SMOKED A FULL PACK OF SMOKES WITHOUT AN ASHTRAY AND EVEN SAVED HIS CANS FOR THE RECYCLING AFTER.
    ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH THIS GAME CALLED LIFE.
    TRAPPED IN A HERD AND ALWAYS MISUNDERSTOOD.
    AND THE MAIN THING IS THIS LAD WAS A SOUND FELLA
    ALWAYS PAID HIS RESPECTS AROUND THE TIME IT’LL WENT TO HELL
    CRIPPLED WITH GUILT, LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE A SHADOW
    THROWN A FEW CANS AT 10 HE WAS FUCKED BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED
    AND ALWAYS USED TO SAY ‘LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE THIS GAME HAS ITS
    MISSING PIECES’

    AND HE DIED IN A HOSPITAL BED SURROUNDED BY THE ONES THAT LOVED HIM MOST
    A HALF A CAN OF HEINEKEN ON HIS BEDSIDE TABLE WITH YESTERDAYS NEWSPAPER WITH TOMORROWS ODDS CIRCLED
    WONDERING WHERE ALL HIS TIME WENT?
    HE WAS FUCKED BEFORE IT STARTED.

    AND I’M SORRY IF MY MUSIC MAKES YOU EMOTIONAL BUT THESE STORY’S NEED TO BE TOLD.

  9. No Justice-:--

    15 AT THE TIME HE GOT INTO IT BECAUSE OF HIS OLDER BROTHER
    MADE HIM LOOK GREAT ON THE ROAD AND KEPT HIS RUNNERS WHITE ALL YEAR LONG. COUPLE OF LINES AND A COUPLE OF PILLS TURNED INTO SELLING THEM TO KIDS OLDER THEN HIM. THIS KIDS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. SHOWING OFF AND HANGING WITH THE OTHER DEALERS STUCK HIM A FEW EXTRA NOTCHES AHEAD OF US. THIS LIFE HAS NEVER FELT BETTER. ACTING HARD WITH A HEART OF GOLD. JUST TEMPTED BY THE LOOK OF IT ALL. HE MET FRIENDS OF FRIENDS AND INSTANTLY SET THE MODE OFF. SOMETIME DOWN THE LINE THIS KID HAS A KID OF HIS OWN, LIFE SHOULD OF CHANGED BUT IT DIDN’T. IT JUST STAYED THE EXACT SAME. STILL LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY HE JUST TURNED 17 YEARS OLD NOW WITH A KID A FEW MONTHS OLD KNOWN TO GARDAI FOR BEING USED BY THE BIG GUNS. THIS KID NEVER HAD A DAY OF HIS OWN. JUST A FUCKIN NICKNAME THEY GAVE HIM. HIS POOR FAMILY DIDN’T REALISE HOW DEEP THEIR KID WAS. THEY STILL HAD FIZZY ORANGE AT HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY’S.
    BURNER PHONES AND NO SHOW AT SCHOOL THIS KID THOUGHT HE HAD IT ALL. AND WAS SO SET IN STONE, NOTHING EVER LASTS, THIS SHIT WENT SOUR HIS MATES DISAPPEARED ONE BY ONE LEAVING HIS SWEATING.
    THIS KID IS NOW NOT SO SURE
    AND JUSTICE DOESN’T SEEM THAT FAIR AT ALL
    ONE TUESDAY MORNING THIS KID WAS GUNNED DOWN BY A CLONE
    HIS REPLACEMENT BROAD DAYLIGHT SHOT IN THE HEAD.
    RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE HIS FAMILY AND KNEELED AND PRAYED
    I JUST WANTED TO WALK MY DOG
    THEY SHIT THIS KID IN BROAD DAYLIGHT NEXT TO WHERE HIS FAMILY KNEELED AND PRAYED TO GOD
    THEY SHOT AND KILLED HIM LIKE IT WAS NOTHING AT ALL
    THIS LAD DIED WHILE WALKING HIS KID
    TELL ME WHERE THE JUSTICE IS THIS? THEY SHOT THIS KID RIGHT IN THE FUCKING HEAD. WHILE HE WALKED HIS KID.
    EYE FOR AN EYE. THEY SHOT HIM IN THE FUCKIN HEAD. 17 YEARS OLD WITH A KID OF HIS OWN. EYE FOR AN EYE THE NEWS SAID, BUT THAT’S NOT THE EXTENT OF IT ALL. I WATCHED AS THIS KID WAS GIVEN HIS FINAL SHEET. LAID APRON HIS BODY. THIS WAS BROAD FUCKING DAYLIGHT.
    LEGALISE THIS SHIT
    AND UNTIL YOU’VE HAD THIS SCARE THERE’S NO WAY TO MAKE YOU AWARE, THEY KILLED HIM IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

  10. Suicide-:--

    Mind constantly banging side to side like a game of pinball.
    Spam emails even remind me of the mounting pressure and bills that I got. Cycling to work every day in the pissing rain just to try keep the heating on. And may I remind you that I still live with my darling ma Jen.
    Tough to keep morale up on a daily basis.
    Your daily intake is the news talking about no future in the road ahead. Dickheads in suits pocketing cash and i’ve nowhere to live because of their agenda and the awl nuns have more land than i do record sleeves and it’s fucking mad when you sit back and realize this is how far we’ve come in this life.

    Speak from the heart because it’s the only one you’ve got, and i’ve got a strong heart for anyone who’s left us early in this life.

    And I’ve got a strong heart for anyone who’s left us early!

    Cé usa anois tá gach rud i gcónaí briste. Cé usa anois tá gach rud i gcónaí briste

  11. Educated Mates-:--
  12. Dad-:--

Politically-outspoken Irish avant garde punk producer MERYL STREEK releases his debut album ‘796’ on Gallows’ owned Venn Records (High Vis, Bob Vylan, Witch Fever). For the most part a devastating condemnation of the shameful Catholic church abuse scandal in Ireland, penned following the findings of The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, forthcoming debut album 796 is an emotionally volatile and heart-wrenching collection of cutting edge punk that pushes genre boundaries whilst traversing extremely challenging political subject matter with aplomb and vitriol.

released November 4, 2022

Mixed by Dan Doherty @ Darklands Audio
Mastered by Grant Berry @ Fader

Second pressing

  • LP: 1000 Translucent Orange Vinyl

First pressing

  • CD: Limited edition digifile CD, minimum plastic used, better for the environment.
  • LP: 750 Emerald Green Vinyl
  • LP: 250 Irish Tricolor Vinyl

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