"I Don't Wanna Hear It" (Minor Threat song)

Call In Dead, photo courtesy the artists

Unfortunately the really boring and narrow patriarchal mindset is so common in American society rendering many men and male identified people incapable of living a full human life. It’s beyond toxic masculinity though that is the extreme end of this cultural indoctrination. Orlando, Florida based punk band Call in Dead (why call in sick when you can, you know) uses the musical language of hardcore to land a thrilling and unabashed critique of that aspect of the culture on its single “Patriarchy.” Musically it’s reminiscent of Minor Threat’s “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” in terms of ferocity and the spirit of not having regressive behavior and it’s even shorter at 1:05 versus the Minor Threat song at 1:14. But it’s not just the patriarchy that Call in Dead takes to task but an entire set of gender norms that are entirely out of date and social conditioning that stunts one’s development as a person and finding amusement in how ridiculous it is to live your life like nothing can hurt you, like violence is the only answer and the way to asset your personal power as a display of a need for dominance and as though having connection with others and even feeling love is a weakness which is just absurd and in this life you’re going to need more capacities than the patriarchy and its culture has to offer and being able to understand oneself and others beyond simple, binary gender norms is always cooler and more liberating long term and more regularly than truncating one’s cognitive framework for the sake of holding onto a dubious value system just because it’s a story you’ve been encouraged to tell yourself your whole life. Listen to “Patriarchy” on Spotify and follow Call in Dead at the links below.