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GAMES OF POWER

by HOME FRONT

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last vinyl before doomsday First half rules, second half seriously lags, but the first half more than makes up for it
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Bart Post-punk with heavy 80's synth incorporated. Would be fun live. Favorite track: Nation ft.Cal Graham.
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Milo Bloom As someone who grew up obsessed with Joy Division, Killing Joke, and the Fall it was kind of inevitable that I’d enjoy this—but the songwriting is so good, and these guys blend their influences perfectly into a sound that is completely their own. Favorite track: Games Of Power.
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murderhouse It took over 40 years but we finally have a successor to Cough/Cool era Misfits with New Face of Death. This band is perfect. Favorite track: New Face Of Death.
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EverythingIsFine HOME FRONT really does stand out from the contemporary post-punk crowd, much of which sounds the same. Well done. Favorite track: Real Eyes.
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turbojamz A band and record very well-deserving of big things and all the accolades. Very thoughtful, deliberate and honest music and lyrics. I love everything about this band and the people. Favorite track: New Face Of Death.
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1.
Faded State 03:32
FADED STATE
 Nobody Here Gets Out Alive
 Our Body Parts Ground Up
 Scattered In The Dust & Ashes 
Any Last Words In Your Final Hours
 You Request To Be Returned To The Earth
 Buried Beneath A Bed Of Flowers 
C:Go On Ahead In A Faded State
 Go On Ahead See What You Can Take
 Go On Ahead In A Faded State
 Go On- Go On Go On Moving Forward We Start Fading
 Looking Back I See My Picture Disappear 
Illuminate In Concentration
 Evacuate The Poison That Feels So Pure 
C:Go On Ahead In A Faded State
 Go On Ahead See What You Can Take 
Go On Ahead In A Faded State
 Go On- Go On Go On
2.
Real Eyes 03:09
REAL EYES
 Walking Through Your Life
 Drifting & Oblivious
 Daily Affirmations
 Seducing Your Self Conscious
 The Lies We Tell Ourselves 
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
 Devoid Of A Future 
We Who Wait Fill The Void 
Material Gain, Material Joy
 Morally Aimless Dreams Destroyed
 C:It’s Got Me Slippin’
 It’s Got Me Slippin’- Ugh! 
It’s Got Me Slippin’ 
It’s Got Me Slippin’- DOWN
 It’s Got Me Slippin’ 
Real Eyes Will Find The Way 
Making Up Your Life
 Do What They Say, A Job, A Wife
 Pretend You’re Just Like Them
 Keep Up The Lie Until The End
 The Lies We Tell Ourselves
3.
NATION 
Dragging Your Knuckles 
On The Floor Of Hell 
Spending All Your Money
 On A Concrete Cell You Try To Get Ahead 
But They Hold You Back Blindfold The Dumb
 Twist Lies in to Facts
 They’ve Fucked You Up
 Got You Fighting Yourself
 Creating Confusion 
Shrouded In Self Doubt
 You Sound Fucking Daft 
With A Brainwashed Mind
 Just Doing Your Part
 Murdered On The Front Line YEAH!!!! 
And here we are 

C:
Hear Us All Screaming At A Nation 
A Nation That Doesn’t Hear A Word We Say
 We’re Poor As Fuck 
So They Lock Us Up Throw Away The Key 
Until We All Give Up 
Hear Us All Screaming At A Nation Scream At A Nation!!!!

 Punching Through The Walls Of Paradise
 If They Wanted Us Dead 
Just Raise The Price 
The Cost Of Living 
Electronic Homicide Murdering You
 One Transaction At A Time
 A Fight Breaks Out 
 The Sirens 
The Shouts
 Running On The Glass
 The Cops Are Out
 City’s a Powder Keg
 Set To Blow
 Just Light It Up 
Watch All Explode
 *Played Like A Sucker
 You Bow Your Head
 You’ll Have Quiet
 When We’re All Dead!!!!
 C:
Hear Us All Screaming At A Nation
 A Nation That Doesn’t Hear A Word We Say We're Poor As Fuck So They Lock Us Up Throw Away The Key Until We All Give Hear Us All Screaming At a Nation Scream At A Nation 

4.
NEW FACE OF DEATH When I See Your Face 
Catch A Glimpse When You Walk By 
The New Face Of Death
 See The Smile Before You Die 
My Skin Is Turning Blue
 Push Out The Final Breath
 Yeah- The New Face Of Death
 See The Face So Quick & Cool
 You Won’t Believe Your Eyes
 Just Before You Die 
This Is How You Die
 The New Face Of Death
 Hear It Cough When Walking By
 The New Face In Hell 
So Tanned So Rich & Warm When You See It Cover Your Face 
Empty Eyes Never Looked So Cool 
There’s A Poison In The Sweetest Words
 There’s A Chill In Warmest Touch
 My Skin Is Turning Blue
 When I Catch Your Eye
 Yeah- The New Face Of Death 
See The Face So Quick & Cool 
So Don’t Be Fooled
 This Is The New Face Of Death
 Not Like The Older Death
 This Is The New Face Of Death 
Not Like The Older Death
 You Won’t See This Face Killing You It’s Killing You
5.
OverTime 03:41
OVERTIME The Good Times Feel So Far To Me 
Like Little Black Dots Hidden In My Memory
 So Please Remind Me
 That All I Need Is Sleep
 All I Want Is Freedom
 A Little Freedom That’s All Mine 
So I Look To My Elders 
Who Say Be Patient
 Healing Takes Time 
C:
Hurts A Little Less Over Time
 Hurts A Little Less Over Time
 Maybe I Keep Lying
 Because I’ve Coped So Long
 Been A Long Long Time
 Hurts A Little Less Over Time
 One Foot In Front Of The Other
 Keep Running Down This Road Alone 
Am I Running Away Or Towards 
A Better Version Of Myself
 It’s A Mental Freedom
 A Discipline You Have To Mine
 A Gift From My Elders
 Who Say Be Patient
 Healing Takes Time Hurts A Little Less Over Time
 Work A Little Less Over Time
6.
Contact 04:27
CONTACT A White Light Went Off In The Sky 
Like God Taking A Photograph
 We Watched The World Die 
From Faraway City Eyes 
So Many Words I Wish I’d Said 
It’s Such A Shame
 I’ll Keep Them All To Myself
 Some Times The World Is So Cold 
 When The Sun Is So Far Away 
We’re Reaching Out 
But Never Touch
 Through Small Town Walls 
These Angry Kids 
Missed Their Chance 
Contact 
There’s A Pulse In The Street 
 A Violent Rhythm That’s Always There
 We Float In The Blackest Of Space
 Feel The Heat From A Solar Flare
 We Stand So Close
 But Are World’s Apart
 It’s Such A Shame
 We Were Too Afraid 
Some Times The World Is So Far
 And Happens Some Place Else 
We’re Reaching Out
 But Never Touch 
Through Small Town Walls
 This Cold Home Town 
Missed Its Chance
 Can’t Get It Back
 Sometimes The World Is So Far
 Though Small Town Walls
 Maybe It’s For The Best
 We Disappear
 Sometimes The World Is So Cold
 Through Small Town Walls
 Why Do We Have To Go 
Why Do We Have To Go So Far Away
 Contact
 We Watch The World Die
 Through Small Town Eyes 
Contact
7.
Crisis 03:37
CRISIS Having A Crisis
 No One Can See
 Hiding A Crisis
 Internally 
Awake The Feeling 
Ignore The Fear 
And Start Again
 C: Looking Through The Glass
 Looking Through The Glass 
Looking Through The Glass
 See The Other Side- CRISIS Time Of Crisis
 Red Alert 
Having A Crisis
 System Critical
 Some Things
 Need To End
 To Start Again
 The Movement
 Change
 The Breathing
 CRISIS
 The Pressure
 To Change
 The Progress
 CRISIS!
8.
END TRANSMISSION After All These Years 
We’re Left With Nothing To Say 
The Expression On Your Face 
Expectation Was To Blame 
We’re Falling 
We’re Falling 
Keep It All Inside 
A Failure To Communicate 
A Failure To Comply
 It’s Hard To Say Goodbye 
It’s Hard To Say Goodbye 
Saying Goodbye To The Way Things Were
 Saying Goodbye To The Way Things Are End Transmission
9.
GAMES OF POWER Games 
Of Power 
Games 
Of Power 
Army Airforce 
Games Of Power 
Superior Firepower 
Games Of Power 
Get Gun A Uniform
 Games Of Power 
Life Is Hard So I Gotta Be Hard Police Force Politicians Games Of Power
 Land Rights Segregation 
Keep Us Poor Keep Them Rich
 Games Of Power
 Mass Graves Dug In A Schoolyard Ditch 
Games
10.
Face Value 04:09
FACE VALUE
 It’s A Nightmare Out There Stay In And Close The Blinds 
Don’t Want To Let The Light Come In I Try My Hardest 
To Sleep The Day Away 
Why Live In Reality
 When Dreams Feel So Real To Me
 Nothing Ever Goes On ‘Round Here
 Nothing Ever Goes On ‘Round Here 
Like Little Black Spots 
On A Panther’s Coat
 Blend In And Hide From View 
Why Bother Going Out Tonight 
What Do I Miss 
Only Life 
And When I Sleep We Are Together
 In My Dreams It All Works Out 
Wish I Could Sleep Forever
 At Least Than I Wouldn't Be Let Down 
So Take It For What It’s Worth 
Only Life Is What You Make Of It
 It’s Only Life 
Only Life
11.
Born Killer 02:34
BORN KILLER Normal Living Is Blending In I Got No Religion 
So There Is No Sin
 I’m A Born Killer
 A Born Killer 
Born Born Killer 
Cause I’m Born To Kill
 I’m A Born Killer 
Born Killer 
Born Born Killer Baby 
I’m Bred To Kill 
I’m An Animal Mother 
Better Them Than Me 
I Gotta Kill The Noise
 If I Wanna Be Free 
Gasoline Shower
 Vapour Fills My Lungs 
Inhale The Old Lies
 Killing The Young 
I’m The Beast That They Want Me To Be
 Ammunition & Steel 
Make You Rest In Peace 
Reborn In Your Image
 A Killer Inside 
This Is Who I Am 
The Old Has Died
12.
Quiet World 04:20
QUIET WORLD The Radio Lights The Darkness
 Keeping Me Awake
 Cars Passing On The Street Make The Shadows Play 
I’m Hearing Laughter 
But It’s Far Away
 The Television Blinks To Life 
With Visions Of Tomorrow 
Bombs & Disease 
Communication Horror 
I See It All
 But It’s World’s Away 
C:
I’ll Be Alone For Awhile 
Quiet World 
I’ll Be Alone For Awhile 
Quiet World Here Comes The Sad Days
 Fixed By Wires To My Brain
 Synaptic Transmission
 No Chance To Communicate
 I’m Calling Out
 But It’s Just Me
 I Give The Walls A Talking 
Lie Back On The Floor 
The Heart Inside 
Beats Per Minute Getting Slower 
Coma Living 
I Just Drift Away
13.
COME DOWN Water Splashes My Face 
Brings It All Into View Like Waves On The Ocean 
Baptize Our Youth 
I Drift On The Water 
Can’t Wait To Kiss The Solid Ground 
When Waves Come Crashing 
Pray I Don’t Drown
 Watch Me Come Down 
My Head Is My Home Waves 
Crash Down 
Send Me Deep Into A Hole 
Come Down 
Watch Me Disappear 
Come With Me 
Where In The Hell Do We Go From Here 
The Evening Prescriptions 
Keep Me Awake 
Morning Psychosis 
Fills My World With Hate 
Paradise In Fabric 
Swallows My Skull
 I Fell From The Heavens 
Into A New Hell 
Watch Me
 Come Down 
Try To Float Down Easy 
Crashing Down No Bail Out For Me
 Come Down 
When I Open My Eyes 
Watch The World Explode 
The Sights & The Sounds 
Wish I Kept Them Closed 
Come Down

about

“Enormous full length debut from Home Front who have managed to fix truth to the beautiful and borderline mythical threadneedle moment in which punk, new wave, pop, indie and rock and roll all descend upon a single source. We may have only dreamed that Tears for Fears might have been going to see GBH at the weekend or that Annie Lennox spent her evening sewing Crass patches to her Wrangler Blue Bell jacket, but Home Front have rang the dinner triangle for us all to feast. High moments of perfectly patina’d synth brilliance, tender new wave considerations, punk anthems that could fill the biggest stadium, and fiery hooks that could warm the coldest cynic. The Champagne, the gluebag, the boots, and the eyeliner, GAMES OF POWER clutches to it all.
GAMES OF POWER lives inside a crystal clear recording by long time friend and Edmonton wizard Nik Kozub, bringing Home Front’s follow up to “Think of The Lie” to euphoric heights and gritty lows. Produced again by Jonah Falco with co production by Nik Kozub, Home Front have put their best mirror shined foot forward.“ (J.Falco)

credits

released March 3, 2023

Home Front is:

GRAEME MACKINNON- Voice, Guitar & Bass

CLINT FRAZIER- Synths, Keys, Drums, & Programming

*Additional Vocals, Guitar (Quiet World) & Percussion Performed by JONAH FALCO

**Additional Synths & Programming Performed by NIK KOZUB

All Songs Written & Performed By HOME FRONT

Lyrics by Graeme MacKinnon

*Additional Lyrics by Nik Kozub (OverTime), Clint Frazier & Nik Kozub (Games Of Power), Jonah Falco (Come Down)

*Guest Vocals on Nation performed by Cal Graham, RIXE backup Choir & MOMO

Album Recorded at The House Of Mick & Blee In Occupied Edmonton
 '21-'22
Additional Tracking at Jean’s Ammo Dump 2021

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Nik Kozub

Layout, Artwork & Design by Euan Retallack

Photos by Kate Suter

Produced by JONAH FALCO

Co-Produced by NIK KOZUB

Home Front Logo by Euan Retallack
We acknowledge the financial support from 
Alberta’s Foundation For The Arts
(c)SOCAN 2023

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