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Overshoot

from ORDINARY VIOLENCE by WOODWORK

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    18-song Discography cassette we made for our European tour.
    Released by Dans Le Vide.

    Contains:
    Ordinary Violence LP
    Split EP with DYING
    Self-Titled EP
    Cold Moon: A Benefit for the Wolf Sanctuary of PA comp track
    + unreleased version of Emancipation.

    Design and layout by Hugues Pzzl

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  • Ordinary Violence LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Black vinyl. Last few remaining copies.

    Ten songs full length album with screen printed artwork and a full lyric booklet with song descriptions.
    Hydrogen Man Records (USA) and Stonehenge Records (EU).
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lyrics

Toxic hypocrites
Hunting the Earth like criminals
God complex blinds your sight
No love – No justice
Our fate - your game
My hopes - your death

Earth is burning, slowly dying
Mankind is watching, quietly dying

From large scale deforestation to oil spills
Ask your children how they feel
No need for guilt, society condemns you
All that we built can be reduced to dust
Don't be stunned if they push you further
You need more, you'll never settle the score

I’ll never feel ashamed to stand against your secular torture
Earth’s getting rid of its parasites

Mankind fears the unpredictable
Lost in its own denial
You break it - Own up to it
But we don't give a shit

Schizophrenic politicians
The greedy scum needs to be destroyed

Earth is burning - slowly dying
Prometheus must die

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EN: Humanity acts as if all resources were unlimited. Earth Overshoot Day (http://www.overshootday.org/) is the day when all the renewable resources of the planet in a given year are consumed by the population. Beyond that day humanity overconsumes the reserves of Nature and lives on credit for the rest of the year. This date backs up year after year and the proposed measures remain superficial. Politicians revel in expert reports, shallow analyzes, and international conferences without fighting against the root causes that lead to this situation. Consumerism, capitalism, market economy, and sustainable development among others are slowly destroying the planet. Disconnected, artificialized, humanity will react once again too late to be able to face the depletion of natural resources.

"There cannot be much doubt, sustainable development is one of the most toxic recipes" Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen, Correspondance to J. Berry. (1991)

Development is a standard, shaped by a Western ideological system. Its sustainability over the centuries has led to its acceptance as a vital cog in the fulfillment of civilizations.

"The Western order of the world falls under structural violence. The West claims to be the torchbearer of universal values, of morals, of a civilization, of standards by which all peoples of the world are invited to take control of their destiny” Jean Ziegler, Hate for the West (2008)

The "death of Prometheus" is not in defense of the religious Revelation against the emancipation of mankind. The myth of Prometheus symbolizes the attempts of mankind towards knowledge and freedom: He stole the fire from the gods in order to give it to men. It symbolizes the domination of Nature by man; his material leanings.

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FR: L’humanité agit comme si l’ensemble des ressources étaient illimitées. Earth Overshoot Day (http://www.overshootday.org/) est le jour où les ressources renouvelables de la planète dans une année donnée sont consommées par la population. Au-delà de ce jour l’humanité surconsomme les réserves naturelles et vit à crédit pour le reste de l’année. Cette date recule d’année en année et les mesures proposées restent superficielles. La classe politique se complait dans des rapports d’expertise, des analyses superficielles, des conférences internationales sans s’attaquer aux causes profondes qui mènent à cette situation. La société de consommation, le capitalisme, l’économie de marché, ou encore le développement durable détruisent à petit feu la planète. Déconnectée, artificialisée, l’humanité réagira encore une fois trop tard face à l’épuisement des ressources naturelles.

« Il ne peut y avoir de doute, le développement durable est une des recettes des plus toxiques ». Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen (1991). From Bioeconomics to Degrowth: Georgescu-Roegen's 'New Economics' in Eight Essays. Correspondance to J. Berry.

Le développement est une norme, façonnée par un système idéologique occidental. Sa pérennisation au fil des siècles a conduit à son acceptation en tant que rouage essentiel à l’épanouissement des civilisations.

« L’ordre occidental du monde relève de la violence structurelle. L’Occident s’affirme porteur de valeurs universelles, d’une morale, d’une civilisation, de normes en vertu desquelles tous les peuples du monde sont invités à prendre en main leur destin » Jean Ziegler (2008). La haine de l’Occident.

La « mort de Prométhée » n’est pas une apologie de la Révélation religieuse face à l’émancipation de l’Homme. Dans la mythologie Grecque, Prométhée symbolise les tentatives de l’humanité vers la connaissance et la liberté : il a volé le feu aux dieux pour le donner aux hommes. Il symbolise la domination de la Nature par l’Homme ; ses penchants matériels.

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