Hot on the heels of our “The Times Have Never Changed” album, we’re back with “Casualty,” a four-song, digital-only release.
As always, a free / pwyc release on Bandcamp. Find it on other digital platforms shortly.
Released by Discos Machete (Mexico) and Rebel Time Records (Canada).
Dig it!
Here’s videos for a couple of the songs:
footage: G20 demo /police kettling protesters at Queen St. & Spadina Ave. / Toronto / June 26, 2010
They burst in Stop and stare Feel the burn The flame flares Kicked in the head Bloody gash Floor turns red You’re fading fast Casualty Freedom’s a casualty Tried to recall A better time The downfall The highest climb The sun dawns Day breaks Your freedom What they take
footage: women’s marches against gender violence and femicide and for legal abortion / Mexico City / 2020
From a thousand towns Their heading down On the warpath As if you needed proof Manifested youth Are on the warpath A system self reverent Unable to remain silent Will get torn apart
As we march along the warpath
Students make plans Workers take stands On the warpath Fathers and sons Have just begun Down the warpath
Daughters and their mothers too Will decide and they shall choose Lead from the heart As we march down the warpath
Here’s kind-of a brand new song. Originally written by Patty when he was The Embarrassments, many many moons ago. Patty says the song was inspired”by Basquiat artwork. I wrote it just after Bush won his 2nd term.”
Politics and a crucifix the same fight we always had Blood runs as thick as oil but these days it’s twice as fast Hatred spills in off the streets and it’s filtered in through glass And all that remains is this price tag on our backs It’s the same old shit Everybody’s got a price and it’s quickly going down We’re all just dollar signs so we’d better cash out now In this razor wire playpen we can have fun within bounds Don’t pick us up we’re in love with falling down It’s the same old shit Politics and a crucifix the same fight we always had Blood runs as thick as oil but these days it’s twice as fast In this razor wire playpen we can have fun within bounds Don’t pick us up we’re in love with falling down It’s the same old shit
Thanks to Lord Routledge at the Faster and Louder blog for the very kind, very nuanced review of “The Times Have Never Changed” :
“The Fallout’s new album could not be any more of a soundtrack to this moment. It’s packed full of fist-pumping punk rock anthems railing against injustice, inequality, and the systemic oppression of the people. It’s music in the grand tradition of late ’70s/early ’80s political punk rock and the protest folk that inspired it. This Toronto-based band has been active since 2004 and strives to write “songs of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle”. It’s inspiring now to see so many people finally waking up to injustice in the world and getting angry about it. The Fallout have been angry from the start, and they’re ready as always to take up the fight.
Out on Rebel Time Records and Discos Machete, The Times Have Never Changed opens with the premise that the protest music of the past promised change that has yet to be delivered. That’s not a cynical statement so much as it is a message that the struggle has yet to be won. Over the course of 15 tracks, it’s clear that The Fallout reserves all of its cynicism for institutions of power, which must be resisted and confronted if real change is to ever occur. So don’t let the album title fool you. These guys are true believers in the idea that songs can change the world – or at least that songs have the power to inspire the people who will change the world. If you can watch authority clash with dissent at this moment and honestly side with authority, this is clearly not the band or album for you. The Times Have Never Changed rages against everything from endless wars to partisan politics to institutionalized homophobia to organized religion to police brutality to the marginalization of sex workers. It’s full of urgency, passion, and absolute conviction. Sometimes the whole idea of “political punk” can turn people off because the music tends to be generic at best or an afterthought at worst. But The Fallout is a throwback to a time when protest punk was just as much about the tunes as it was about the message. These guys write catchy songs that are tailor made for you to shout along with. The music is powerful and aggressive but also fun to listen to. And that’s the way it ought to be. If a song is going to inspire people, it has to be inspiring. Songs like “Red Light Union” and “Raise Your Flag” will have you fired up to run through a brick wall for the cause! This is “street” punk in the truest sense of the term – music for the people that is relevant to what’s actually happening on our streets.
Certainly when this album was being prepared for release, the band and labels had no idea it would arrive on the eve of a mass protest movement of historic proportions. But the injustices and inequality that ignited this movement have persisted for generations. I used to assume that most people had the sense to know that racism is wrong and fascism is bad. But in this modern-day Bizarro World where anti-fascists are suddenly “terrorists” and not wanting cops to murder people of color is a “divisive” position, it’s clear that nothing is obvious. We can’t take for granted that sanity will prevail or that progress is inevitable. We must resist and keep resisting. And we will listen to awesome music while we do it.”
And, thanks to Ashely Coleman, Mick Fletcher and the Just Some Punks Songs for the very kind review of the new album as well!
“The Fallout are angry, passionate and committed to the numerous causes they support, like many a punk band. However, what sets them apart from the pack? TUNES my friends that’s what. These political savvy punks have been railing against the tide since 2004 with a handful of releases which thankfully have been made available on their Bandcamp page, remastered, remixed and not to be missed. Also, pay what you want, or free? Nah, scrap free, because we know what work goes into getting underground music out there don’t we?
Anyways, what do you get from The Fallout, 15 tracks of pacey, tuneful, fist pumping anthems, with their interpretations of this fucked up world chronicled into the biting lyrics, with Lord Byron’s distinctive vocals to the fore. Patty ‘O’ Lantern (bass) he of Brutal Youth and Class War Kids infamy handles the vocals on ‘Can’t Take It’, ‘Invincible’, ‘Red Light Union’, & ‘Turn It Down’, with him adding a new dimension as well with his backing vocals throughout this great album. The Class War Kids classic One Last Struggle is covered within the album.
Comparisons… don’t we love ’em. Think of early SLF, Newtown Neurotics and fellow Canadians The Subhumans and your getting there and like the afore-mentioned, TUNES my friends in abundance. File under absolutely essential.”
And, here’s a swell review from Thomas and Punk Rock Theory!
“With a mission statement that has them writing ‘songs of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle,’ Toronto’s The Fallout has been fighting the good fight since 2004. Come 2020, they still have a lot to get off their chest and they do it in the form of slick punk rock songs that will have you pumping your fists in the air while your brain is working overtime as they make you think about everything from partisan politics to institutionalized homophobia.
Their latest manifesto is called ‘The Times Have Never Changed’ and it is divided into 15 chapters worth of catchy, highly energetic punk rock bangers that harken back to the days of Stiff Little Fingers and the likes. Every revolution needs a soundtrack. Might as well make ‘The Times Have Never Changed’ yours.”
And, huge thanks to A.J. and The Punk Site for the stellar review as well!
“The Fallout have released their latest full length “The Times Have Never Changed“ via Discos Machete Records and Rebel Time Records, the album follows up on their 2018 EP “Raise Your Flag And Other Anthems” and contains 15 tracks of partisan and unapologetically political punk rock. The Fallout have been delivering their own brand of intense political punk rock and delivering defiant anthems of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle since 2004, I’m ashamed to admit that The Fallout had flown under my radar until “The Times Have Never Changed“ landed in my inbox, if you aren’t familiar with The Fallout then there’s no reason not to put this right as the album is available as a pay-what-you-like release.
“The Times Have Never Changed“ hits you with the album’s title track, a song that echoes a common sentiment that the protest songs of the past continue to remain relevant. The same anger at injustice and inequality that fuels DOA, Adolescents and Anti-Flag is running through The Fallout‘s veins, this is an album that delivers intense political punk rock done just as it oughta be. Every single one of the fifteen tracks on “The Times Have Never Changed“ is delivered with a political conviction that few bands can match, and every single target of their fury is hit with a precision attack that is born of vintage punk rock and hardcore. The end result is that “The Times Have Never Changed“ is the perfect soundtrack for the dumpster fire that is 2020.
This year, more than other in my lifetime, has emphasised that things need to drastically change, until they do bands like The Fallout will continue to voice the frustration and anger at the state of the political landscape, all the while maintaining the belief that that times can change for the better. Outside of their native Canada I suspect The Fallout‘s message hasn’t been widely heard, something that they are putting right with their latest album as “The Times Have Never Changed“ is now available at the Discos Machete Records, Rebel Time Records and The Fallout‘s Bandcamp page as a pay-what-you-like release, as are all of The Fallout‘s releases including 2004’s “(Still) Turning Money Into Revolution“, 2005’s “What Is Past Is (Still) Prologue” and 2007’s “Dismantlement (Still)” that have been remixed, remastered and slightly renamed.” (The Punk Site)
And some very kind words from Mircea and Mpty Zine out of Romania!
The Fallout from Toronto, Canada are back with „The Times Have Never Changed” it is the new LP since their EP in 2018 „Raise Your Flag and Other Anthems”. There are 15 new tracks with a mix of Anti Flag meet Dead Kennedys, Angelic Upstarts or DOA. The band lyrics are about politics, injustice and day by day issues of the world. Rebel Time Records from Canada and Discos Machete from Mexico made the album possible. Real protest punk rock, melodic and furious in the same time. Passionate and really committed to a lot of their causes, this is a band that keeps in mind RATM quote „doing is the best way of saying”. So for all the crisis that is around the globe, all the protests and racism, this will be the perfect album. The album can be found on Discos Machete, Rebel Time Records and as well on their bandcamp page as pay-what-you-like. They have a first video for the The Time Have Never Changed and you can check Rebel Time Records you tube page for more. My personal favorites: Raise Your Flag (a strong message and a sing along chorus) and One Last Struggle. Resistance, solidarity and unity!!! ( Mpty Zine )
The Times Have Never Changed! 15 tracks of partisan and unapologetically political agitp(r)op punk rock. Songs of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle. Songs of love, rage and resistance. Movement music. People’s songs. The sound of revolution.
It’s a free or pay-what-you-like release, as are all our other releases. The album will be up on all other digital platforms shortly and we’ll have CDs sooner than later.
We are very grateful to Victor at Discos Machete and Randy at Rebel Time Records for their able assistance in getting this record out and about. Huge thanks!
Don’t care about the Bob Dylan you quote / Books you’ve read or poems you wrote / I see suffering I see no hope / The times have never changed / That’s what drove Phil Ochs insane / The times have never changed / Protest songs of ’67 / Against a war you never ended / All that posing and pretending / The times have never changed / That’s what drove Phil Ochs insane / The times have never changed / The more things change / The more they stay the same / Happens time and time and time again / All I know for sure is we have endless, endless war / The times have never changed
Here’s another new tune. Written by Patty O’Lantern and it’ll be featured on our upcoming full-length “The Times Have Never Changed.”
It’s happening again
Our bleeding hearts are overflowing
Spilling out into the streets
You tell me one more time
No one can change the world
That’s exactly what they say
Every time we come close to overthrowing
All our despair they hope to shatter our dream of global unity
No one is free until everyone is free
To liberate a world oppressed all we really need is
One more movement by the people
One last struggle for the world
Let this be a movement without borders – without nationality
A revolution without gender – without sexuality
A struggle for all people all races all ethnicities
No segregation – liberation without triumph in defeat
We’ll have a new album or two out in the new year.
First up will be “The Times Have Never Changed” – a (at the very least) digital release of about 15 new songs.
Here’s one of those new songs … “Set Us Up.”
.. anti-austerity demo … Montreal … March 27, 2015 …
Dead eyes with a cold blank stare
Black heart doesn’t feel or care
Driven only by market share and a need to survive
Figure heads full of shit and lies
When are we gonna realize
We don’t have any rights if we don’t organize
Set us up, set us up just to knock us down
Gotta run, gotta run run you out of town
Gotta gotta gotta gotta get rid of you
There’s only one thing left to do
Gotta gotta gotta gotta get rid of you
Profits first and people last
Take advantage of the working class
Hysteria created en masse to conquer and divide
Lapdog with authority
A governing minority
Save money through austerity so viscous and bile
Some day we’ll finally see
Damage and depravity
We’ll drag you through the streets as you beg for mercy
In the rubble and the decay
As your system fades away
We’ll rebuild the ash and clay in solidarity
Very happy to be part of the Attacco Tour / Fall Offensive 2019! Excited to be playing with our label-mates Urban Vietcong (all the way from Livorno, Italy) and our good friends Lee Reed and Bring The War Home!
strives to write “songs of unity, inclusion, solidarity and struggle”. It’s inspiring now to see so many people finally waking up to injustice in the world and getting angry about it. The Fallout have been angry from the start, and they’re ready as always to take up the fight.
throwback to a time when protest punk was just as much about the tunes as it was about the message. These guys write catchy songs that are tailor made for you to shout along with. The music is powerful and aggressive but also fun to listen to. And that’s the way it ought to be. If a song is going to inspire people, it has to be inspiring. Songs like “Red Light Union” and “Raise Your Flag” will have you fired up to run through a brick wall for the cause! This is “street” punk in the truest sense of the term – music for the people that is relevant to what’s actually happening on our streets.
THE FALLOUT 