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Artwork by
George Woodcock

Incompatibility

from Tyranny of the Clock

May 1st, 2025
6 tracks
22:27
Tyranny of the Clock
Tyranny of the Clock
Incompatibility
0:00
3:32
Incompatibility
Kilravock
Anxiety, Meritocracy Incompatibility We waste away our humanity Produce those numbers vigorously Drain away my energy In this fucked up society Never stop, always produce Let's see a smile as you work (Chorus) I've done what you've asked I've hacked away All the things that made me, me Incompatibility The emptiness in its place, is a poor substitute anyway Why can't you just let me be me? Incompatibility Always pretend all is well Work hard and you'll get that bread I just want to go home and breathe Spend your life here eternally I feel like I'm forever stuck Only 30 years to go I don't feel I belong Motivation by coercion (Repeat Chorus) (Guitar solo)
4:11

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