Peace Of Mind / Anomie Split LP

"It's 1995. Punk is as never before commercial, part of the system, fashion, bought up, oppressed.
Never before money played even in the "underground" such a big role.
Punk is dead, when it let's itself buy up, when it let's itself commercializa, when it becomes part of the system, when it is fashion.
Punk 1995 means nothing more than music. Music as an article to make money with, to tame the youth with, to consume with. Then punk means adjustment instead of resistance.
But for us it is still more than music.
Punk is for us still part of the resistance against commercialism, capitalism, oppression, against all those who oppress, fight wars, build weapons, kill, rape, worldwide, so it is against the same who want to make punk a fashion, an article, to control it and us, to kill resistance, to make money.
That's why it is in 1995 as necessary as never before not to let this happen, to take our lives back in our hands, to organize by ourselves, to resist, to live. On all levels.
This record is for us part of this attempt.
This record is for us an expression of this attempt.
Do it yourself or die!!" (Peace Of Mind & World Upside Down Records).

Más alto aunque no más claro se puede decir en 2011, ¿no? "This split LP is part of the worldwide d.i.y. conspiracy" pone escrito en el lomo de esta maravilla de disco compartido por dos conocidas bandas europeas: Peace Of Mind de Alemania y Anomie de Francia. Como en todo buen disco trae un libreto muy guapo con textos y letras y rabia y cariño. Musicalmente hay poco que decir que seguramente no sepáis ya: la cara de Anomie es quizá una de los mejores ejemplos de emopunk francés que tanto insiró a tanta gente en esa época y todavía hoy. A mi me encanta, sobre todo, la idea que tuvieron de juntar a gente de los dos grupos (aunque al final sólo pudo colaborar Jobst, el cantante de P.O.M.) para grabar un par de canciones (las últimas de cada cara: Afraid es buenísima) llevando así la idea de los discos compartidos un poco más allá: es divertido escuchar a Jobst y Kathleen cantando juntos, se nota que se lo pasaron bien haciéndolo.

"I just wanted to say that for me a split LP represents far more than just a record collaboration. It's the reason why I thought about making some songs together with Peace Of Mind members. After deciding to make it together we organized it. The fact is that just Jobst came from Germany (we were a bit sad that the others couldn't come). These two songs are just the fruit of our relation. I just believe in this." (Gilles /Anomie)

Do it yourself and do it together!!

"These songs are an expression and attempt of working together. I'm very glad we did these songs. They mean very much to me. It's fun to make music, creatively do things, be active together with people you don't really know but like very much. A great experience! Thanks Remi, thanks John, thanks Gilles, thanks Kathleen! I love you all!" (Jobst, P.O.M.)

Y que me decís de la canción acústica de Anomie...

Sacado por World Upside Down Records (sello llevado por Jobst) de Alemania y Ape Records (sello de Gilles y Kathleen) de Francia en 1995.

Peace Of Mind / Anomie Split LP