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See this science fiction, see our true condition…

“The Dead Hand” popped up at me from some book I read, I don’t remember which. It refers to the power of the dead over our lives. Not in a personal or supernatural sense, but because all the buildings, laws, structures and cultural norms we grow up with were handed down by people who no longer walk the earth. We’re confined by their ideas even though they’re long gone. The past always has a hold on the present. Canada has a king for example. It can be a heavy feeling.

-Trevor

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Feel your lack of volition
Freedom is just an illusion
There is a hand
Like a ceiling that holds you down
There’s no action
We’re words upon the page
Written by a hand beyond this age…
Run about inside this maze
Built by men in different days
There’s no plan
No way to make your escape
A hand guides the way

See this science-fiction
See our true condition
There is a hand
Like a magnet that holds you down
There’s no action
We’re words upon the page
Written by a hand beyond this age…

This is
The dead hand
This is
The dead hand
This is
The dead hand
This is
The dead hand

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from A New Devotion (20th Anniversary Edition), released November 3, 2023
Song by Trevor Anderson (SOCAN/ASCAP)

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The High Dials Montréal, Québec

The High Dials are an indie pop band from Montreal.
While their melodic sensibility, harmonies and jangling guitars owe an obvious debt to the 60s and power pop groups, they also draw upon shoegaze, new wave and folk sounds to create rich and varied albums. Their most recent album “Primitive Feelings” is a predatory summer mix of lo-fi grooves, acid rock guitars and razor-sharp humour. ... more

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