Pulling No Punches: CocoRosie – Smoke ’em Out
CocoRosie
“Smoke ’em Out” (feat. ANOHNI)
CocoRosie has just released an extremely politically-charged new song. Fearing for the rights of everyone in the world, especially the LGBTQ community, and with the help of ANOHNI (formerly of Antony and the Johnsons), CocoRosie believed that they needed to speak up against Trump and his circus of dangerous clowns. According to CocoRosie,
Today, we share a new song to inspire the weary-disappointed hearts of so many crest-fallen citizens. We just started working on a new album, but “Smoke ‘em Out” begged to be turned loose on the world now, as a means of participation during these turbulent yet invigorating times.
Joined on guest vocals by our fellow Future Feminist ANOHNI, “Smoke ‘em Out” welcomes the new character who will be occupying the White House with a mob of women and children armed with forks and knives. In the wake of this un-natural disaster, we feel a call to rise, shout, and burn the house down.
CocoRosie has never backed away from sensitive topics, be it child brides to racism under the guise of religion to the blatant sexism in families were boys are preferred over women. CocoRosie is one of the major supporters of LGBTQ rights, and also is the leading band of what is called freak folk. Listen to them. They are amazing, and they are fighting for all of us. Thank you again. And ANHONI, formerly Antony, is one of rock’s leading transgender singers.
Bums rush out the door
Mama didn’t want you anymore
A thornless rose in her side
Despite being bonded by blood lines
It wasn’t the right time
She said no more free load
This is the end of the freak show
Half shake and heart broke
Half slewed half snapped
A rat trap snapping back
Hand bone hand me down
Baloney sandwich lonely clowns
Smoke laugh toke craft
Porn blood piss grass
Piss miss heart hand
Tried to take a stand
Down dropped sales low
The joys and woes
The curtains slowly close
Burning Down the House
Smoke em out smoke em out the dead girl shouts
I was on the verge like so many times
Got children and wives waving forks and knives
The new sound circles round
Slaughter raging death dice
Fall hot house burn down
Foes upon foes, west to east it goes
The dead girl says let’s just be friends
In the glorious tone of marrow and bone
These days of ore
The chance we meet once more
The smoke lightning crack asunder
The boom of guns the peel of thunder
