{"id":38269,"date":"2022-08-08T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38269"},"modified":"2022-08-01T08:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:11:01","slug":"demons-seeks-to-burn-down-white-supremacy-with-inauguration-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38269","title":{"rendered":"Demons seeks to burn down white supremacy with \u2018Inauguration Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demons shares <em>Inauguration Day<\/em>, an earworm banger that hits so quick and hard you&#8217;ll be seeking treatment for whiplash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singer\/guitarist Chris Matthews says, &#8220;<em>This song is a lamentation. I had recently read about a project of collecting jars of soil from the sites of lynchings throughout U.S. history to commemorate the victims.\u00a0One wonders what it might look like to add to that list of victims those who have been brutalized by modern-day, state-sanctioned White Supremacist murder.\u00a0We named this &#8216;Inauguration Day&#8217; as a working title; but it seemed fitting to keep it as a tongue in cheek reference to the empty promises of reform. How many more lynchings will be live streamed before we finally \u2018burn it all down\u2019?\u201d<\/em> Listen to <em>Inauguration Day<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKz2rETbArI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demons is a heavy four-piece punk band from Norfolk, Virginia, that pull from dimensions of noise rock, sludge, and hardcore to generate a sound that has been described as \u201c<em>raw and confrontational fury.\u201d<\/em> Demons forthcoming offering,\u00a0\u2018Swallow,\u2019 is a blast of all-killer-no-filler force that will appeal to fans of music characterized by chaotic energy and deeply rooted aggression expressed in a beautiful balance of ultra-catchy, driving riffs, burly grooves, and angular dissonance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Swallow\u2019\u00a0sees release via cassette and digital\u00a0on September 2\u00a0via Knife Hits Records. Order it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gmail.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b619dad5f286913825a10a10f&amp;id=171f7baf10&amp;e=3542496417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Demons shares Inauguration Day, an earworm banger that hits so quick and hard you&#8217;ll be seeking treatment for whiplash. Singer\/guitarist Chris Matthews says, &#8220;This song <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38269\" title=\"Demons seeks to burn down white supremacy with \u2018Inauguration Day\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,30,1907,31],"tags":[10849,5830,8990],"class_list":["post-38269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","category-noise","tag-demons","tag-inauguration-day","tag-swallow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/3A4FFB71-3AA1-47E1-8F05-90E21FFA4BAE.jpeg?fit=500%2C261","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-9Xf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24257,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24257","url_meta":{"origin":38269,"position":0},"title":"Quasi releases &#8216;Battle Hymns&#8217; protest compilation featuring Stephen Malkmus, Carrie Brownstein, and Boss Hog","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"'Battle Hymns' is a compilation album created in response to the current political situation in the U.S.A - yes, this\u00a0is a protest record.\u00a0The compilations is released digitally today (Inauguration Day) in opposition to the incoming administration. 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