Namesake

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Since forming in 2002, Philadelphia, PA's Paint It Black has rewritten the rules of hardcore punk with each new release. "Famine" is the product of years of plotting, planning, and prepping, with the goal of making the most impactful statement possible. Throughout the eight songs that make up "Famine," Paint It Black proves that the most potent hardcore-punk releases are ones that come from a space of vulnerability, honesty, and authenticity.

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lyrics

(for Judah Adar)

This is a love song,
a prayer for patience.
Sent from a place between exhaustion and elation.
You are a vice grip,
a battering ram.
You are the Lion, I am the lamb.
An avalanche, and you were the first stone.
Stitches neat and tight, but I came unsewn.
Home to mother, son & daughter
is breath returning to the lung after being underwater.

There will be days as dark as the space between the stars, but there is light for us to navigate the map made of our scars.
Lost, love is a compass. It will encompass, absolute.
Far from home, love knows no border. It is the seed, it is the root.

Can we look back a generation and retrace our steps? Some paths diverge, some intercept.
Your namesake crossed a sea to set himself free.
Empire City bound, in the Bronx he ran aground.
He built things with his hands in a shop downtown.

His body was an anchor,gold turned into lead,
but his heart and his mind were always soaring overhead.
Books and records were his wings.
They’re my wings too,
and this is what we’re passing on to you.

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from Famine, released November 3, 2023

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Paint It Black Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Famine

Nov 2023
Invisible

Apr 2013
Surrender

Aug 2009
Amnesia

Jun 2009
New Lexicon

Feb 2008
Goliath

Jan 2008
Paradise

Mar 2005
CVA

Jul 2003
The Philadelphia Sound

Oct 2002
Demo

Feb 2002

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