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Paris And The Hiltons' "Goodbye The Tyrants"
 

offline nicholasg980 on 2011-04-13 07:50 [#02410944]
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Phil Jourdan of the U.K. electronic/rock act Paris and the
Hiltons recently sat down with MusicDish to discuss the
track "Goodbye the Tyrants" off the band's debut album.
Released in February, "Prettyface Tinybruise" is available
for purchase at iTunes and Amazon.com as well as available
for streaming at http://official.fm/tracks/232836

Commenting on the track, Jourdan said, "I wanted to write a
"heavy" synth-driven song. Originally the sound was a lot
sparer and stripped-down, but eventually I settled on making
it more musically complex and adding various bits to it to
make it interesting. The lyrics weren't an issue at that
point."

Describing the song's message, he continued, stating, "It's
political to the extent that unlike most of the other songs
on the album, it seems to show an awareness of the world
outside my head. I suppose it's an exploration of my
political stances, though that's probably giving it too much
credit. I remember when writing the lyrics that I was going
for self-contradiction. I find most people to be pretty
self-contradictory when they talk about politics."

"Goodbye the Tyrants" takes on a confrontational tone: "I'm
a fascist on the Left, the only hero you have left". The
mostly synth-based song brings Phil Jourdan's original
flavor to the music, yet bears the reminiscence of With
Teeth and Year Zero-era Nine Inch Nails, combing the sound
of an underground electro-indie act with Trent Reznor's
angry, volatile sneer. The line, "Orwell's books were all
the rage, but no one ever read past the first page" (among
others) predicts the downfall of humanity under the storm of
totalitarian dictatorship.

"Goodbye the Tyrants" can be purchased at iTunes and
Amazon.com:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/prettyface-tinybruise/id42
4566485
http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-The-Tyrants/dp/B004R8NPDK/



 

offline zoomancer from Kabul (Afghanistan) on 2011-04-13 12:51 [#02410968]
Points: 1215 Status: Regular



wow I wanna a hit of that self delusion inducing drug these
guys are on..



 


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