Thursday, February 19, 2015

PUSSY RIOT: UNLEASH VIDEO FOR NEW TRACK "I CAN'T BREATHE"


 Russian punk rock activist band PUSSY RIOT have posted a video for "I CAN'T BREATHE", a new track unleashed 12/2014.






Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina of PUSSY RIOT spent nearly a year in Russian prison as the conviction stemmed from an incident when the band protested Russian President Putin and stormed the alter in a Orthodox Moscow church, and sung a provocative punk rock protest song.


http://time.com/5570/those-two-pussy-riot-girls-theyre-not-actually-in-the-band-anymore/


FROM PUSSY RIOT:
Pussy Riot's first song in English is dedicated to Eric Garner and the words he repeated eleven times before his death. This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror - killed, choked, perished because of war and state sponsored violence of all kinds - for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for change. We stand in solidarity.

Pussy Riot's Masha and Nadya are being buried alive in the Russian riot police uniforms that are worn during the violent clashes of police and the protesters fighting for change in Russia. A pack of "Russian Spring" brand cigarettes is on the ground at the beginning. "Russian Spring" is a term used by those who are in love with Russia's aggressive militant actions in Ukraine, and the cigarettes are a real thing.

"I Can't Breathe" was recorded in New York in December 2014 during the protests against police brutality together with Pussy Riot, Richard Hell, Nick Zinner, Andrew Wyatt, Shahzad Ismaily (The Ceramic Dog) and Russian bands Jack Wood and Scofferlane.

MUSIC VIDEO:
Concept, directed and produced: Pussy Riot
Director of Photography and editor: Mikhail Vihrov.

MUSIC:
Concept, produced: Pussy Riot
Vocals: Sasha Klokova (Jack Wood), Matt Kulakov (Scofferlane), Richard Hell
Lyrics: Matt Kulakov (Scofferlane)
Monologe of Eric Garner: Richard Hell
Bit: Andrew Wyatt
Piano, Bass: Nick Zinner
Drums: Shahzad Ismaily

VIDEO BELOW: PUSSY RIOT: "I CAN'T BREATHE" (COURTESY OF PUSSY RIOT):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-