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Haeresis

by Rats Run Riot

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1.
V1 I wouldnt say that every cop‘s a bastard but I do say that every single one‘s too much “we‘re there for you” their cars lie in our faces they’re there to keep us quiet in our grudge CH we thought that it was so important to keep the people busy and the state strong he’d be freakin out she’d shoot and scream about society, you’re getting what you give V2 There is nothing ever for the people we keep the machine goin for the worst we’re just lookin up to the steeple we’re the last and never will be first V3 criminality is not a kind of personality who’s a criminal is decided by who’s in charge we are the symptoms of this awful disease and we never learned anything from that BR It’s comin’ back, that the youth has nothin’ to do And that we don’t wanna work for this system and you It’s takin’ ‘way our spaces and tramplin’ on our dreams Believe me, it’s way worse than this whole thing seems society, you’re getting' what you give do we deserve the shit in which we live?
2.
Carusella 02:28
Feelin how something grabs you pulls you deep down into the dark laughed down by little fish bitten by a shark and all the noise you want to do transforming, filled with no air running to the surface, disappear --------------------- me, myself, I got a clam can’t take it from the outside can’t bring the inside out of my shelter just a freezing shell (at) a cold glacier --------------------- too much suffer from the things I saw --------------------- everything starts spinning (frantic) as a carousel you fall offboard the tiny vessel and.. thirty seconds, you stop feelin the cold and the sea grabs you one-handed and you're sinkin (down and) deeper… BOOOM --------------------- It’s so easy with no eyes It’s so easy if you’re blind It’s too easy to stop watching...
3.
the buther‘s hands shine all red the nightly screams could wake the dead bloody bowels was all that we had E every night we would eat with the rat-s twelve dead bodies are lyin on the ground twelve dead bodies are left to decay people turn their backs no one buries the rats they‘ve got no wings to rise for a riot the state‘s fake smile still bright as the sky business and money will kill us all run with the idiots ‘til we fall society‘s quiet, this system’s dead there’s twelve dead bodies that rot in my head society‘s quiet, this system’s dead there’s twelve dead rats runnin riot in my head
4.
How Perfect 02:52
When I’m going outside, taking myself for a walk wearing the best boots that I’ve got the prettiest dress which fits me look how perfect I gotta be I’m a dragon, sleepin in a cave so I carry myself down to the front-door playing my best music oh, look how perfect I gotta be need a cold distance man when I hear them laugh behind me swearing to myself that this will never happen again little aerial, trying to get a signal I am creating myself, transforming into a god finally, I can be the coolest in the room „narcissistic asshole“ eyes staring at me, little child aching for confirmation I will not let anyone bring me down again Walkin’ into the subway, there is no one around I see u comin watch your face while masturbating in my new pretty dress I can feel the invaders around me naked, observed, judged for the one I never wanted to be seeing these fantasies in front my inner eye what’s the price for appreciation
5.
Haeresis 04:15
You see, all of our sisters got caught in the fire the anxious eyes circlin round the funeral pyre being glad, it's not us, we're in the eye of the storm in the eye of the state to obey we were born we're conditioned and fearing our own shadow marks no ambitions in stepping boldly out of the dark should be threatening the state with our clear and proud voice and all of us say: it's my body, my choice! we‘re the daughters and the sons of the witches, who you could not burn we‘ll survive and we‘ll haunt this system till the pages turn but anyone profitting wouldnt say a thing standing astounded in a perfect ring shaking their heads about their own fear of death whispering truths all under their breaths it's the logic of violence, the logic of force the logic of owing and the feel of remorse the tale of equality and brotherhood had our sisters melt in the firewood we‘re the daughters and the sons of the witches, who you could not burn we‘ll survive and we‘ll haunt this system till the pages turn
6.
Hej girl, you should stop exploiting yourself tryin to live more than anybody else just get a safe job at the administration and do your part for this wonderful nation all you need is work you‘d better sell your life or we‘ll take it instead hej boy, you‘re a boy, you are your role is written, you‘re gonna be a star at the local bank or a big distribution center you must steal everything, you wanna own in this world you must be the slave you want to see in the world all you need is work you‘d better sell your life or we‘ll just take it instead invest! - you dont need no conciousness - it‘s only distracting invest! - you dont need to look back - the others just dont work hard enough invest! - there‘s nothing bad about competition - you must be the strongest invest! - there‘s nothing bad about starving - it makes you look so pretty all you need is work and a safe car for your family and a sweet vacation once a year you'd better sell you life or we'll just take it instead!
7.
After Sunset 02:27
Rats gotta run, cause running is fun But Rats never run too close to the sun They stay in the shade, where they follow their fate They hang with their mates, that's how Rats create And after sunset, Rats producin' sweat It's a mindset, Rats are no one's pet Rats make a fuss, a riot without busts Rat's are their own class, they're a critical mass So they stay in the shade, where they follow their fate Rats have their ways till the end of all days And after sunset, Rats producin' sweat It's a mindset, a Rat's a-noone's pet
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9.
Butcher Man 04:28
we were callin him the butcher man the dead hung behind the glass of his eyes everyone heard the shrieks behind shut doors there were no rumours, just a city of lies he was the butcher man and you know, that he can butcherman is killing tonight just a man, doin his job if he's asked for meat, he delivers in his uniform, blue with bloody hands but he washes them clean in the bloodred river of duty he's a butcherman, he's a cop, sweeps the cold floor with a mop/mob it's the bloodrush, it's the boredom, it's makin his living and he just wants to give something back for the highways built, for the insurance, for the health care and the freedom of never even being forced to decide. or care. or to doubt. ----------------------------- he's got a stick and a gun and the skill to choke your will with his knee in your neck. how did the words (to that old song) go? "what they want, I dont know….shoot him in the back now…", is, what he's told, and so he does but NO ONE HAS TO BE A COP
10.
There's doubt in the air, The brains so selective Connection divides, but can't separate what's true or false, Machines, they don't know And duplicate fears, that the people can't show ---------- And so they hate jewish people, who they see in control cause they lost control such a long time ago But there is no evil, no conspiring group. You wanted capitalism, now eat up your soup! ---------- States use our fear, make us feel safe in here And there's so many of them, why only see israel? there's those who know how to win and those who will lose it's the core of this system of colonisation And no one will help you when you're down and out Cause poverty is a mighty contagious disease But we can do better than this I would say Bring Back the life, livin it in the streets ---------- "Off with their heads!", is, what you would say But you won't change the system in one bloody day Easy solutions neveeer existed, Open up your hands, cause no one needs your--- fist!

about

+++ Upcoming Shows 2023 +++

Jun 23 Lohmühle
Jul 28-30 Para Yok

+++ About the Album +++

It's these RATS again!...
When they started out as a simple-as-possible-please! garagepunk band, rattling about rats and anarchist ideas in 2018, they didn't see this second 'studio' album coming three years later, stuffed with delay-, guitar- and trumpet-noise. the three-minute punk songs about the problems in concepts such as police, conservative gender-politics, exploitation and defining, who the deviants are, were accompanied by more complex broken noise-buildings and surf bursts in greek scales about the dangers of conspiracy theories, their immanent antisemitism, as well as about racist police violence and the problems of a patriarchal system as seen in the construct of witches as a war against women since the 16th century still branching out into our 'postmodern' capitalist times.

Those were some moving three years,playing over 50 concerts, partly with two bass-players at a time, then Lily on the trumpet dropped right into the band and a pandemic cut made heaps of things impossible, but also changed the way of making and thinking music, challenging friendships and minds. Politically, the time was dynamite, conspiracies popped up into the mainstream as never before, at the same time the police destroyed most of the remaining leftist spaces in Berlin, even harassing people in threes playing in the snow, not even thinking once, why power over people is such a damn dangerous thing.

The climax of all these turbulences was another additional head and voice to the band, Kim, writing 'How Perfect' and 'Carusella', her first contributions to the RATS' material, but also singing on most of the songs on the album.

Bringing all this together only took a few recordings at the garage - but more than that: three years and dozens of concerts. What a time!
The RATS say thank you to everyone out there and especially to the ones, we're proud to be calling our friends, not losing their sense!

LOVE from the rats

Rec, mix, mstr: RaDa
Front cover: Sarah
Other graphical contributions: Lily, Iris, RaDa
Release support: BRUNO ist Dagegen collective
RRR are: Lily, Mau, Kim, Bruno, RaDa (and Lars sometimes)

+++ Past Shows +++
++2023++

Apr 29 Tristeza w/ Raufasertapete + Mackermassaker
Jan 7 Schokoladen w/ Lucie & the Sluts


++2022++

Dec 16 CANCELLED im Wedding (geheim weil klein)
Dec 3 Bremen - Sielwallhaus, (w/ Lucie atS, Drexekutive+BOz & Hobbi The Bone)
Dec 2 Hamburg - Fähr115 (w/ Lucie and the Sluts, Drexekutive110+BabyOz)
Oct 8 CANCELLED Schokoladen CANCELLED
Sep 30 TommyHaus (w/ Leopard, ProfiLachse)
Sep 17 K19
Sep 10 Supamolly w/ Banana of Death, Gehirnfrost, Mulai
Sep 9 Stralsund - Villa Kalkbrennerei w/ Lucie & the Sluts
Sep 2 R***Haus w/ Vorsicht Kinder & BraBraBra
Aug 12-14 Tip-say
Jul 29 Para Yok w/ Mo et Moi, Intare,...
Jul 9 Schwester Martha - Mau's Geburtstag (w/ Nunofyrbeeswax, Gehirnfrost)
Jun 25 Reichenberger Str. 63a Hoffest (w/ Banana of Death + Jockel)
Jun 11 Fischladen (w/ Wiese & VORSICHT KINDER)
Jun 4 CANCELLED Rockhaus/Drugstore - All Animal Attack!
Apr 30 Theater X Moabit - Tanz in den Mai (w/ CAVA)
Mar 26 KvU (w/ Pink Wonder & CAVA)

++2021++

Dec 18 Schokoladen (w/ CAVA)
Dec 10 CANCELLED: Bunte Kuh
Dec 3 Fischladen (w/ Kaos, Mulai)
Nov 20 Alte Münze Berlin
Sep 3 Stralsund Villa Kalkbrennerei
Jul 17 KuBiZ Weißensee (w/ Shitvector, Pink Wonder, Fat Kahoona, Aerger) for Margarete Mitscherlich's Birthday
Jul 2 Greife/Johnny Knüppel (w/ Banana of Death)
Jun 11 @ Greife/Johnny Knüppel
Jun 5 Demo at JFE Uno Ahrensfelde
May 6 Potse/Drugstore Kundgebung (w/ Banana of Death)
May 5 Hellersdorf against another Autobahn
++2020++
Sep 12 Greife (BRUNO ist Dagegen: w/ Cava, Banana of Death, Gehirnfrost)
Aug 8 Rehberge Park
Jun 26 Open-Air-Rave im Wald bei Birkenwerder
CANCELLED Okt 3 Syrisch-Deutsches Strassenfest
CANCELLED Sep ? Jena
CANCELLED Jun 7 Sunday Matinee (by Nunofyrbeeswax)
CANCELLED May 2 Erfurt (w/ Riot Spears, Wrackspurts)
CANCELLED Apr 4 Lame at Heart (w/ Pink Wonder)
Feb 22 Galle in Halle (<3)
Feb 21 P31 Nürnberg (w/ Bifi im Berghain, Bass Sick Shit)
Jan 25 Schwester Martha (BRUNO ist Dagegen: w/ Toshnota, Vorsicht Kinder, Pharaoh TV)
++2019++
Nov 23 BASTA! Wedding @ Sch8
Nov 9 Ballärexpress@ Scharni (w/ Old Dust of Hollow + Shit Missile + DJs)
Oct 18/19 'BRUNO ist Dagegen' Vinyl-Release-Gala @ Rote Insel
Oct 25 Vulva Kuriosum (Birthday Bash w/ Ponys uff Pump GLAM SHOW)
Sep 28 Fischladen (BID concert w/ Scum Babies, Damsel in Distress)
Sep 7 Supamolly Soli (w/ BananaOD)
Aug 10 Tommy-Haus (w/ Die Dschungel)
Aug 9 OBOA Festival (w/ Nunofyrbeeswax)
Jul 27 Querfeldein Festival
Jul 26 Tipsy
Jul 20 Schokoladen Hoffest
Jun 21 KvU (w/ Banana Of Death, Gehirnfrost, Riot Spears)
May 18 - Scherer8 - PHILOXENIA Soli w/ Maske
May 08 - Herzbergstr. w/ Banana Of Death, Angry Skeletons
April 27 - KvU w/ Nunofyrbeeswax, Die Dschungel, Detektor S.
Mar 3 - Toast Hawaii - w/ Eat Ghosts
Feb 23 - Scherer - Soli für BASTA!
Feb 3 - K19 - Brand-Soli w/ Ponys auf Pump
Jan 5 - Schwester Martha w/ Banana of Death, TRL, Maske
++2018++
Dec 12 - Rote Insel w/ Die Dschungel
Nov 1 - MenschMeier w/ BALG
Sep 7 - Pracht (Leipzig) w/ Sect Mark, Russe
Sep 6 - Zukunft w/ 24/7 Diva Heaven
Sep 1 - Fischladen w/ Restless Liver
Aug 25 - Wukania w/ Faulenza
Aug 20 - KadterschmiedeR94 w/ Die Dschungel
Aug 18 - Schokoladen w/ Wrackspurts
Aug 17 - ImI Open Air (Brand-Erbisdorf)
Aug 12 - Camp Tipsy Festival
Jul 27 - Stö (Leipzig) w/ The Babes
Jul 26 - WTFsUp @ Drugstore
Jul 6 - Kulturbotschaft w/ RYL, Die Dschungel
Jun 25/26 - BRN (Dresden) w/ Halbtal
(May 12 - Garage Pankow w/ Father Midnight
Apr 7 - Trxxxter w/ Screw the Carpet
Feb 16 - Kulturbotschaft w/ Cosmic Jester, Wrackspurts, Bacabs)

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released March 26, 2022

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Rats Run Riot Berlin, Germany

SHOWS:
* Jun 23 Lohmühle
* Jul 28-30 Para Yok

punk is just fun, liberation from trying to be who you are not. it should be for everyone of every gender, form & class, so:

let the rats run riot in your brain and in your street, write & play some songs with your friends to make this world a much less painful place!
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