The Banality of Evil

from Hope Is A Risk by The Maggie Pills

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    Fiercely swinging between the guttural rawness of grunge and the playful lushness of pop, “Hope is a Risk” is the ambitious 14 track debut LP of Latin-Australian outfit The Maggie Pills.

    Led by Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, “Hope is a Risk” reimagines punk through an emotionally visceral lens, jam-packed with impish latin percussions, razor-sharp guitars, fuzzy bass lines, unhinged synths and gestural vocals that feel playfully, pop and iconic. The result is an impressive self-produced album that masters the intersections between intuitive and mathematical, grunge and pop, gothic and colourful.

    Self-produced by Mario Perez, the album seeks a sound outside of indie-rock, providing an atmospheric, wet and kaleidoscopic sound wall of cosmic proportions as an overall base for the LP. Mastered by legendary sound engineer Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett) “Hope is a Risk” is a unique addition to Australia’s indie-rock catalogue.

    Album tracklisting

    1. City Rats
    2. Unbound
    3. The Freedom Club
    4. Hope Is a Risk
    5. Bright The Brightest Light
    6. The Banality of Evil
    7. You
    8. X.W.X.
    9. Helena
    10. Well
    11. Let Pilgrim
    12. Half Light
    13. The Scourge Within
    14. Electric Blue

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    Hope Is a Risk (CD)

    Fiercely swinging between the guttural rawness of grunge and the playful lushness of pop, “Hope is a Risk” is the ambitious 14 track debut LP of Latin-Australian outfit The Maggie Pills.

    Led by Argentinian frontwoman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, “Hope is a Risk” reimagines punk through an emotionally visceral lens, jam-packed with impish latin percussions, razor-sharp guitars, fuzzy bass lines, unhinged synths and gestural vocals that feel playfully, pop and iconic. The result is an impressive self-produced album that masters the intersections between intuitive and mathematical, grunge and pop, gothic and colourful.

    Self-produced by Mario Perez, the album seeks a sound outside of indie-rock, providing an atmospheric, wet and kaleidoscopic sound wall of cosmic proportions as an overall base for the LP. Mastered by legendary sound engineer Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett) “Hope is a Risk” is a unique addition to Australia’s indie-rock catalogue.

    Album tracklisting

    1. City Rats
    2. Unbound
    3. The Freedom Club
    4. Hope Is a Risk
    5. Bright The Brightest Light
    6. The Banality of Evil
    7. You
    8. X.W.X.
    9. Helena
    10. Well
    11. Let Pilgrim
    12. Half Light
    13. The Scourge Within
    14. Electric Blue

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lyrics

Do you know how to be? how to be seen, how to be liked, how to appear?
Do you recognize this? If what you see is not a part of it, then what do you see?
This circles are closed
It might be not good enough
The world is heavy as they told you
We don’t know it but they’re sure you’re not good enough
Their empty values have a greater resonance
These circle are closed
We don’t belong

All the damage, all the selfishness, stepping over our heads, and for what? and for what? and for what? Are we alone?

And all the expectations and all the rules suddenly imposed by you must be complied, or the damage will come, and the circle will be closed
And you’re the one who’s hurt, and you’re the one who’s hurt
Are you alone?
Their empty values have a greater resonance
This circle is closed
And we don’t belong
We don’t belong

All the damage, all the selfishness, stepping over our heads, and for what? and for what? and for what? Are we alone? Are we alone?

And I told you, and I told you
I don’t want to, I don’t want to
I remember, I remember
Are we alone?

We don’t belong
We don’t belong

Call to action, call to action, call to action, call to action
We don’t belong!

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from Hope Is A Risk, released June 16, 2023

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The Maggie Pills Melbourne, Australia

Led by Argentinian front woman Delfi Sorondo and Venezuelan drummer Mario Perez, The Maggie Pills are a fierce Melbourne- based six-piece outfit who embody the spirit of the indie/alternative movement and the urgency of punk. Their live shows are magnetic, intense and their DIY ethos is solid.
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