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Behind The Banlieue

by PORTER (DE)

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"BEHIND THE BANLIEUE" is the second single release from our album "GENOSHA", which will be released in early 2024, and continues the theme of "TAX FREE HOLLOWS".


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1000 thanks for the cover photo to the great Juegen Buergin: juergenbuergin.com


In times of deepening social rifts, you can entrench yourself in your social bubble, pull the information-dampening blanket over your sheltered head and hope that everything will be fine. But what does this "good" mean for whom? Am I not perhaps doing well because others are paying for it with their lives in case of doubt? Is my reassuring prosperity based on the poverty of others? Would that even be okay because I don't even know - want to know - the others? Or do I understand the anger of others and am I right to fear their anger, which is based on sheer desperation?


We submit to our own economic systems, moan here and there about our miserable lives, in which only the others earn money, and silently wonder why everything is getting out of hand. Without even having an eye for the least of these, we entrench ourselves in our world and spend the rest of our lives trying to pull together everything that seems possible. We compensate for the lack of consideration for the resulting losses by numbing our senses, hiding from the crushing weight of bad news behind a variety of reward systems and diligently collecting points.


Between doomscrolling and "you should have", we feel the increasing pressure, but have optimised ourselves to perfection in dealing with annoying facts. We have made ourselves comfortable in the oasis of our agony. Sure, the mob is somehow right, but hey, they won't get in here. At some point, someone will have to pay the price for all this, but not us, baby.


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"BEHIND THE BANLIEUE" will be released on all streaming platforms on 22 December 2023.
The official video for the song will be released in January 2024.
We really appreciate every follower on our channels, every like and of course especially every share! Thank you for your ears.


Merry Christmas from your PORTER

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Behind The Banlieue

Around the fire exiled pile
This could maybe take a ahile
Make sure that you are one of those
Most exiting of all hosts

The mob is rising for some aim
There is still some hate to tame
Everyone knows “its” why
Hold your fists up towards the sky

Long forgotten sons and daughters
Marched the longest time to the slaughter
This pure life`s lucidity
Has to be valid for you and me

The isolated island`s rise
Demands a cruel and bloody price
That we all will have to pay
In different kinds of ways

Long forgotten sons and daughters
Marched the longest time to the slaughter
This pure life`s lucidity
Has to be valid for you and me

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released December 22, 2023

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PORTER (DE) Dortmund, Germany

PORTER • Maximum Alternative Rock from the Ruhr-Area/Germany

Melodic and powerful songs between straight rockers an progressive experiments coming along with ambitioned political lyrics against the loss of humanity and to defend the right of freedom for everyone. ... more

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