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city: Dublin“Emotionally volatile and heart-wrenching...cutting edge punk” - Hot Press
“Visceral new punk...brandishes anger and frustration” - Nialler9
“Acidic and furious...a knife-edge urgency” - Beats Per Minute
“Punk spawns a new antichrist” - The Irish Daily Star
Politically-outspoken Irish avant-garde punk producer MERYL STREEK is proud to reveal the video for his vitriolic new single ‘Death To The Landlord’ which is released 6th September 2022 via Venn Records.
Commenting on the track, which slams the morally-reprehensible behaviour of Irish politicians and their role in creating the current housing crisis, Streek says: “I needed a song on the album that was a hook-line-and-sinker representing the fed-up, ordinary, working class people who have been repeatedly sh*t on for many years here in Ireland.”
“I’m outraged that our political parties here in Ireland are not only lining their own pockets with the taxpayers' money—with massive salaries for essentially f*cking it up for everyone else but themselves—but that they’re also making money on the side renting sh*t, unaffordable, box-sized apartments to desperate, begging families in need. They’re scum and I’d like them all to know that I’m coming for them.”
Directed by Peter Kingston, the video stars Irish comedian Joe Rooney (most famous for his role in Father Ted as chain-smoking Father Damo, whilst also being the lead singer of ‘80s new wave underground band Guernica) and Molly Vulpyne from Dublin punk duo Vulpynes, who lends her voice to a few songs across the producer’s forthcoming album.
Commenting on the video, director Peter Kingston said: “We wanted the video to feel like it was set in Dublin but relatable to everyone. We wanted it to look real, the way the city actually is. We toyed with the idea of the video being set in a circus but when Meryl came up with the idea of setting it in his local pub we knew we had the ideal set up for capturing the intimacy and emotion of the track with an angry, intimate performance.”
The track once again features Phil Wyer on guitars, and follows on from hard-hitting AA side duo of ‘False Apologies’ and ‘Yesterday’, which addressed the Irish Catholic Church abuse scandal and issues of alcoholism in Streek’s native homeland, respectively.
The tracks picked up a swathe of early support from The Irish Daily Star, Beats Per Minute, Hot Press, Nialler9, Steve Lamacq at BBC 6music, RTE2, BBC Radio Ulster, Total Rock, Amazing Radio and more.
Earlier this year Streek announced his signing to Gallows’ label Venn Records (Bob Vylan, Witch Fever, Wargasm) and will be releasing his debut album 796 on 4th November 2022, with the audio mixed by Dan Doherty (Fontaines D.C., Damian Dempsey) at Darklands Audio Dublin.
Meryl Streek will also be appearing live at Bring Them Home Ireland at The Helix, Dublin on 28th January 2023 in aid of Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home survivors, with an album release show at The Workman’s Club, Dublin on 4th November 2022.
Debut album 796 is released 4th November 2022 via Venn Records
More info on debut album 796:
For the most part a devastating condemnation of the shameful Catholic church abuse scandal in Ireland, penned following the findings of The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, forthcoming debut album 796 is an emotionally volatile and heart-wrenching collection of cutting edge punk that pushes genre boundaries whilst traversing extremely challenging political subject matter with aplomb and vitriol.
Commenting on the album, Meryl Streek says: “The album is for anyone that has been affected by the Catholic Church’s crimes and those that feel that the government not only mistreated them but took away their voice along with it. I've always been drawn to bands that say what they think loudly and clearly. I grew up hearing A House, Guernica and Sack speaking their minds, the punk movement too. I'm coming from the same place but with melodies and pop music so hopefully people will stop and listen to what I’ve got to say.”
“‘False Apologies’ was a way to deal with my anger about the atrocities committed by the Catholic church against the young women and children of Ireland, specifically the mother and baby homes. Sadly not their only crimes, it made me sick that the government and church not only allowed this to happen but have actively tried to erase it from history. That in my mind is a step too far.”
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