On their new single from thier upcoming SubPop album Cost of Living, Downtown Boys continue to wave the flag for punk’s potential to be a radically critical and uncomprimizing voice for marginilzed peeps. Doing so can be scary, but Victoria Ruiz sounds fearless as she screams “you can’t pull the plug on us. I won’t let that go, never let that go.” These are dark times, but on “A Wall” Downtown Boys scream “fuck it!” and focus all thier rage into a focused burner to soundtrack shaking your fists at oppressors. Today, those oppressors come in the form of men on beaches screaming at Muslim families, as well as lawmakers trying to legislate agianst us. “A wall is a wall! A wall is just a wall! a wall is a wall! and nothing more at all!” Victoria Ruiz screams, reminding us that these pathetic obsticles republicans erect can easily be scaled, or even better torn down competly. Listen to “A Wall” below and pray that by the time Cost of Living comes out Donald Trump will have been impeached.
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