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Tapestry

by BOUDICCA

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    Vinyl version of our debut album, 'Tapestry.'

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1.
We don’t want your statues We don’t want your state My body scourged My daughters raped Burn, Londinium, burn Burn London, burn Destroy colonial relics Of parallel histories Burn, Londinium, Burn Burn London, burn
2.
Ellen 02:12
A policeman is a disgrace to his country Not alone to the mother that suckled him Seek revenge for the human race Let no damned Englishman know my face My mother of her strength I spoke It appears you forget where you come from Forgo Ireland, your life- a joke! You clearly aren’t your emerald mother’s son Fuck the men who help them too Consider the shame, I implore you Whose land are you on? What kind of sick old bastard raised this son?
3.
Aunty 03:10
The spirits of women past Break through the concrete On our hands we see them in the dust They walk this land and guide us Whilst we fight on Aboriginal land We look to the old ones to understand Where the strength must come from Where our children must learn from Aunty, this fight is still ongoing Ancestral blood is in their veins You can see it in the faces of your young Your strength is in their hearts Strength drawn from time immemorial To fight this enduring war And as the earth is scorched and empires fall, The Matriarchs will still be standing strong From creation up to the present day Hope is a woman, painted with red-ochre clay Ngiyaningu maran yaliwunga ngarra-li (Our ancestors are always watching)
4.
Emma 01:43
The high priestess of anarchy Give me roses Give me radiant things Give me freedom Give me beautiful release Let loose the ties of prejudice Set free the chains of denial Radical action our key to survival Bring me joy Bring us joy Give us roses Give us radiant things Give us freedom Give us beautiful release
5.
I wish I could withstand what the coast does And my erosion was a slower process A million years of weathering Parallels women’s strength A land that bore our mothers An earth that slowly crumbles beneath us Transforming year to year Until the darkness engulfs us Ebb tide to me As to the sea The wave of the great sea is speaking The water buries us with it / the winter is striking us with it I do not look to welcome today As the earth sleeps We struggle to breathe
6.
7.
Tapestry 04:06
I seek the salt of the lake Cleanse me of his cruelty I won’t be silent Though you try to silence me My words, my message Here in this tapestry A nightingale I will come to thee Your violence immortalised in tapestry You savage! You can’t take my voice I will articulate my pain Greek woods become grey salt scrub You will no longer take from me I seek the salt of the lake Cleanse me of his cruelty I won’t be silent Though he tried to silence me This here, my words, my truth Here in my tapestry
8.
Meatgrinder 00:35
My boskage of venus Spits down my thighs Conceals my gizmo The mother of saint patrick Sacrifice yourself at love’s altar My heart beats blood around my body That could save anyone From my velvet lined meatgrinder It tides and it expels
9.
Mairéad 03:04
Family homes in rubble, rock They wonder why we will not stop Diedre laments another cries In cowardice another dies No court is just on stolen land Injustice we can’t comprehend She will not rest won’t go to sleep Until her beautiful land is free She will not ponder will not cry Whilst Ireland lives she will not die Irish republicanism a natural progression Heavy guns loaded to teach kids a lesson Is mna sinn/We are women Ní sasanache me/ We are not English
10.
Fulvia 01:15
Who rules the ruler? Who commands the commander? Who brings cruelty to all near her? Who makes great men greater? In these curls I’ve fixed A hairpin weapon Pierce the tongue of those Who defame us A story written Upon my face In the blood of those Who die at my feet A widow I point out his wounds A widow I pour out my grief A grand revenge fantasy Only envied by a Scorpio I cut from him his head And so it sits beside my bed In these curls I’ve fixed A hairpin weapon Disarm the tongue of Cicero A grand old Roman rodeo A widow I point out his wounds A widow I pour out my grief
11.
Bush all around There’s no horizon here No solace in the she-oaks No country I know dear So long I’ve sat here waiting On your arrival home My heart you have it breaking Our children wish you home Our children I have lost To the torment of this frontier Gallows faced and alone I shouldn’t be here So much I’d like to stoush ya So much I’ve got to say Too hard it is to stay here I need to make my way The rain now pelts down Upon this land we call our own who knows how to care In the face of the unknown? When does a mother’s role end? When the aching in my chest is put to bed I’ve fought so hard against all But my love for you Our Tommy’s old enough now He is the image of you He swore he’d never drove He promised me that much And now my darling drover My time on this land is up

about

Boudicca acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands this
album was made on. Tapestry was written on unceded Awabakal and Worimi Land. Recorded, mixed and mastered on unceded Gadigal Land.

credits

released September 2, 2022

Madeleine Mitchell- Vocals
Nic Quinlan - Guitar
Sam Stephens - Drums
Tegan Kinder - Bass
Jacob Cummins - Lead Guitar and Tin Whistle

Recorded by Jason Whalley at The Pet Food Factory
Mixed by Clem Bennett
Mastered at Chameleon Studios
Album cover art by Madeleine Mitchell
Insert designs by Alana Tomlin
Back cover photo by Lauren Moulton
Graphic Design and Layout by Tegan Kinder

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