December 3, 2008

We've got another new song done, called h8. As evidenced by the title, I wrote this as a response to California's Proposition 8 and other such legislation. Here's the demo:

h8
Words and music by Tom Baker (c) 2008

You see it happen all the time
I've always wondered how you're blind
To all the suffering intertwined
To your policies that bind

Easy enough to demonize
Anyone you are not like
But when you take away their rights
You really overstep the line

What's your fight in all of this?
Do you think you'd be remiss
To not keep someone else
From loving who they choose?

You hate the lover not a sin
You never give in, not an inch
Why do you think you have a win
When there are people suffering?

What's your fight in all of this?
Do you think you'd be remiss
To not keep someone else
From loving who they choose?

Is your love so weak?
That it is threatening
To see someone different
Married just like you?

Just like you...

I will be posting all of the new material to the Jackrabbit Dares site as soon as the site is ready. We will be releasing this album sort of like software. There will be alpha releases, which may not include all of the tracks and artwork, and need a fair amount of reworking. There will be beta releases, which will have all of the tracks but will still very much be a work in progress. When we think we've got a finished product there will be release candidates that will pretty much be the finished album. If we ever get the money for it we'll have a "real" release, with CDs and everything.

For the time being, you can get the first alpha release here. I have posted it as a tarball, so you will need to extract the files after you download. See here for more on how to do that.

As always, any feedback is appreciated.

-Tom