Dead Pioneers Vinyl LP 2024

1. Tired
2. We Were Punk First
3. Moving Day
4. The Punchline
5. Bad Indian
6. The Art of Savagery
7. Rage
8. Dreamcatcher
9. World Up My Ass
10. Political Song
11. Doom Indian
12. No One Owns Anything & Death Is Real

This self-titled debut, coming in at a lithe 22 minutes with only one of the twelve tracks exceeding three minutes, is almost over before it begins, but covers a huge amount of ground in that time. Blistering opener 'Tired' sets out their stall; as with the whole album, it is passionate, but never preaching. Capitalised 'political music' can be hard to land without coming across as hectoring or earnest, but Deal's literary, humorous lyrics effortlessly cut through complex issues of marginalisation and colonialism.