Racetraitor have dropped the second single off the upcoming Creation and the Timeless Order of Things. Featuring vocals from Hera of Neckbeard Deathcamp, the song “Chamelecon,” focuses on the ongoing violence in the Honduran city of the same name.
“The second single from Creation and the Timeless Order of Things is called Chamelecón, it is a song about a town just outside of San Pedro Sula, Honduras. For many years Chamelecón has been one of the most violent places on Earth, though not really discussed by major news organizations or in public discourse. The context of Chamelecón is one of colonization, multinational corporation installed governments in the late 1800s/early 1900s, recent US-Backed coups involved in the drug trade, internal migration and displacement for international manufacturing companies to open up factories in ‘tax-incentive’ zones, reception of high numbers of deportees from the US, total police corruption, and extreme levels of gang violence.
The response of the state, US government, and the corporations to the crisis has been the usual repressive militaristic police measures while sealing off borders in neighboring countries and the US for families fleeing the situation. Never any real discussion about resources or justice. There have been few international protests or public outcry on social media about the situation in Chamelecón or Honduras. We (in the US) go on using products made in these factories and consuming fruit largely unaware of the heavy cost.
The lyrics of the song come from experiences from a band member who has worked on public health projects with community-based organizations in Chamelecón for the past 11 years. Some of the themes include public executions on the soccer fields, stories about folks involved in violence hearing demons on the roofs at night, and the unimaginable toll of historic and current violence on the community members.
Like our previous video ‘Eid,’ much of the video was shot on location by friends who live in Chamelecon. They filmed mostly empty streets in the areas where the events of the themes of the song have taken place.”
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
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