Artists
Album Info
Release Date: 2020-09-18Label: Pulseblack
My plan was to release a series of backstage only songs that were supposed to be on previous albums but, for one reason or another, didn’t make it, not because they weren’t good, just because they didn’t get tied in time, or, in this case, made me sad.In some ways, the third Go Fight album, American Jihadi, was our most experimental record. We wanted to do an album that was uniquely American in every way, talking about America from top to bottom. The songs are about, in order:
Rampant Gun Fixation
The inspiration of modern youth
War for profit
The need for men to stand up and fight rape
The US/Mexican Border
American Overindulgence
Our disrespectful fascination with the porn world
Idealization or religious violence
Widespread toxic apathy
Superchurches and religious indoctrination
The far right evangelical paradox
Transphobia
The shrillness of the media
This song, American Slave was meant to be there in the middle someplace. It’s about the ongoing efforts by white America to avoid paying for the work they profit from. Like the rest, it has a sort of slight country feel, an American vibe.
So what happened?
The song made me sad. It’s rare when a song just feels too on the ball. And it did. It was a little too right for me. As an American, I’ve seen this pathology up close, where we choose to benefit from the labor of people we insist on demeaning, enslaving, insulting. It’s true.
It’s also really depressing. Crushing. This album is dark and not uplifting in any way. It just seemed like this one song was talking about such a giant, insurmountable dynamic that there would be no hope left on the album. And maybe there isn’t.
I do love the song, though. And I hope you guys like it.