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Artwork by
George Woodcock

Who Killed Saint Monday

from Tyranny of the Clock

May 1st, 2025
6 tracks
22:27
Tyranny of the Clock
Tyranny of the Clock
Who Killed Saint Monday
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3:32
Who Killed Saint Monday
Kilravock
Fellow workmen cease your labor, listen while I tell a tale About the clock and its hold on you, mechanical and mathematical In the early factories, to defraud their workers and steal their time They would slow the clock a bit, time is money and that time is theirs! (Chorus) Tyranny of the clock is turning us to automotons Who Killed Saint Monday? (x3) As the clock dominates, monotony becomes commonplace Any pride taken in our work, dissipates as we rush through it Now here we are in the modern world, our leisure time is also mechanized Cramming in what we can, while we watch the clock nervously (Repeat Chorus) (Guitar Solo)
3:32

This EP is intended as a preview for my upcoming release Just Another Wonderful Day. It features 2 original songs by me, 2 cover songs, and 2 songs from other projects I've been a part of.

The overarching theme of this EP, and the album some of the songs come from, is the theme of Antiwork, Antitoil, Anticapitalism, Workers Rights, Worker Solidarity; especially coming from a neurodivergent, autistic, and ADHD point of view.

The title and first track Who Killed Saint Monday taken from and inspired by The Tyranny of the Clock writeup by Anarchist George Woodcock, as well as an 18th-century folk song from Sheffield, England, "The Jovial Cutler"

files.libcom.org/files/TheTyrannyoftheClock.pdf

Credits

Steven Wayne Smith - all instruments on tracks 1 & 3, various instruments on the rest
David Dick - Vocals on 2, 4, 5, and 6. Organ on track 2, Synth on track 5, Organ on track 2, Stylophone on track 6
Anna Schmidt - Vocals on tracks 2 and 4
Sean Soucy - Acoustic guitar on track 4, electric guitar and vocals on track 5
Andrew Burdic - Bass on track 5
Dana Todd - Vocals on track 2
Dan MacCallum - vocals and flute on track 2, percussion and production on track 6
Adam Peterson - Vocals on track 2

Track 2 written by Ralph Chaplin
Track 4 written by John Lennon