Niema (Living Close)

Описание: In loving memory of Niema Ross.
There is no reason why anyone in a first-world country (or any country for that matter) should suffer due to lack of medication, shelter, food, or water. These things should all be free and should be available without regulation or qualification. We deserve better than what we have and we have the power to make a difference.

This music video consists of live footage from several different hometown performances of The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir in Savannah, GA.

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THE HOLY GHOST TABERNACLE CHOIR
'SLOW MURDER'

Spanning just under 35 minutes, Slow Murder shows The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir venturing into longer form songwriting. Our sound is deeply rooted in post-hardcore, mathcore, and 90s screamo styles but with this album we moved outside of that. Pulling elements from spidery noise rock (akin to Slint, Sprain, and The Jesus Lizard) and angular metal (akin to Yautja, the Melvins, and Full Of Hell), we harnessed a sound that is both more focused and more mature without deviating from our expected chaos.

The record was recorded by Scary of Black Tusk at Hidden Audio in Savannah, GA in February of 2022, and was mastered by Jonathan Nuñez of TORCHE at Sound Artillery Studio. It features guest vocals from GG and Pierce of SOUL GLO, as well as Logan Rivera of Gillian Carter. Savannah-based label Graveface Records has partnered with us to ensure that every person involved has the same degree of love, care, and similar values for the record.

Rife with the writing of David Wojnarowicz as a central thread, and the looming 30th anniversary of his death later this year, we felt it pressing to have this release centered around that time.

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir is:
Nat Lacuna - Vocals / Noise
Aaron “Sleve” Cooler - Bass / Vocals / Synth
Aaron Givens - Guitar / Vocals
Tanner Jacob Hamilton - Drums / Vocals

Thank you to everyone who has ever listened or cared. We sincerely appreciate you and wouldn't exist without you.
See you soon.
Be safe.
Love you.

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LYRICS:

“and when I react with feelings of murder I feel horrified and tell myself that it is fascist to want to murder these people and in my horror at my feelings I attempt to rationalize them by going further saying but in this culture we accept murder as self-defense against those who try to murder us and what’s going on here but public and social murder on a daily bases and it’s happening in our midst and not very many people seem to say or do anything about it. There’s not even an acknowledgment of murder from most of my friends… // and i want to throw up because we’re supposed to quietly and politely make house in this killing machine called America and pay taxes to support our own slow murder and I’m amazed that we’re not running amok in the streets, and that we can still be capable of gestures of loving after lifetimes of all this.”

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i am playing pretend
for those who pray
whether it’s when they see me or every day
i am playing pretend for the ones in blue
whether it’s a uniform or just a suit
i am playing pretend for this machine
that’s eating everything i love and me
no one else is playing along

if the world is a stage then i’m being booed off
I don’t remember my lines
sometimes i think it’d be easier to just take it and die
then i keep getting kicked up from where i lie

your pound of flesh is worth more than mine
I’d like to see what makes it so divine