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Peace on Earth

by What We Call Progress

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Peace on Earth is about wrestling with and ultimately rejecting a worldview which promotes guilt, shame and the need for a personal 'saviour'. Growing up in the evangelical Christian "free church" movement warped our perception of the world and our sense of who we are; Peace on Earth is a defiant rejection of that and an attempt to reclaim a positive view of oneself and others outside the narrative of endless sin and forgiveness.

It delivers a message of refusal and release over WWCP's most accessible, indie-pop influenced song to date. Layered synth and horn hooks swirl with angular guitar and heartfelt vocals.

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I went in search of peace on Earth
But all I found was chapter and verse
They took my cash and my self belief
And rendered my doubts in high relief

Now
You're not my king
Don't save me

You told me I could be perfect
But without you I was worthless
With ever watching eyes you'd inspect
Debased, abject, a wreck, I'd confess

You're not my king
Stick your heaven
I'm not holy

Don't save me
Don't save me

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released October 18, 2019
Written, recorded and mixed by What We Call Progress (John Pattison and David Young). Mastered by Andrew Doig.

Artwork by Mark Salmon.

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What We Call Progress Northumberland, UK

Glitch rock philosophers from Newcastle upon Tyne, What We Call Progress make music in the tension between nihilistic despair and a genuine hope in the power of togetherness.

With samples taken from malfunctioning children's toys, forced rhubarb and twisted live recordings, they build accessible melody and riffs from the unexpected and unconventional.
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