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Punishment Essay - Volume 1

by Dev Crawford

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Hiding, Lying, Fate deciding, Comatose to man... Another disease - ready to blow! Another mouth to feed - ready to blow! Look there's another one - ready to blow! A fucking loaded gun - ready to blow! You spread your disease on the world Infecting every boy and every girl Society continues to rot I ask you this, where is your God? Mass infected Hate injected Takes you by the hand... Another disease - ready to blow! Another mouth to feed - ready to blow! Look there's another one - ready to blow! A fucking loaded gun - ready to blow! You spread your disease on the world Infecting every boy and every girl Society continues to rot I ask you this, where is your God?
2.
Through all the trees and all the grass and all the tooth decay To all the friends and all the girls I've lost along the way I feel regret I feel remorse I feel a sense of shame I'll be the first to raise my hand so I can take the blame I'm self effacing Self erasing Paranoid and hollow I need other peoples personalities to borrow It's not funny I am a walking disease I am a bubonic plague I am not easy to please I am too late to save I deserve an unmarked grave There is no love that I crave I drink and I smoke My life is a fucking joke I waste any talent I might have through every fucking hate filled day It's not funny Become a godless mistake Become empty and fake I turned my back on my art Distorted right from the start I suffocate under the weight And I will suffer my fate I only realised When it was too late
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All of your life you had this feeling within That you could do much better in another skin But the elitist above and the peasants below Keep you stuck on the side in your misery throne And all the drugs in all the world could never ease the pain... Some people They can't take it But you and I were born to make it Those people They might fake it But you and I were born to make it Ever had the notion you got something to prove? Or maybe you're a bitter man with nothing to lose? Always searching for a meaning in your substance abuse? I guarantee a better man would tie his own noose... And all the drugs in all the world could never ease the pain... Some people They can't take it But you and I were born to make it Those people They might fake it But you and I were born to make it It won't stop It never stops Some people They can't take it But you and I were born to make it Those people They might fake it But you and I were born to make it
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Inhuman 01:18
So scary Inhuman Apocolyptic Confusion Distorted Misleading Your children Are bleeding Fuck it Psycho is As a psycho does This insanity? It isn't over... I see the light at the end of it.... This makes me happy...
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Am I in love with a memory? Am I in love with how it used to be? I pour a drink heavy over ice.. This is not the way it was meant to be... Why must I always kill myself, I'm living life in a wishing well, The blackouts are happening more and more And I feel sick to my very core So what the fuck went wrong? No matter. I will find peace of mind and get it right this time. You wanna make it, you wanna make it? So what the fuck went wrong? Pushing on through the suffering I'm coming close to the finishing line Another car crash cliche of a man... ...at least I know what I am I will find peace of mind and get it right this time...
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Fuck it off 03:29
White walls covered in a veil of shit Got some drinks Got some drugs Got a motherfucking nervous twitch The brain drain cocaine shitty music sounds the same I came here tonight on the warpath to fuck it up Maybe this is all a part of a plan That's why nobody can understand Everything will happen if I just let it be Take my time and focus on my needs... Blackout, Freakout, Self destructive down and out Freeze dried, Flash frame, On the warpath FUCK IT UP Maybe this is all a part of a plan That's why nobody can understand Everything will happen if I just let it be Take my time and focus on my needs... FUCK IT UP FUCK IT OFF
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Black veins twisted in tight No hope and no shining light Fade out like a dying star Or hit the wall like a speeding car Face facts, Reality hits, It's just as subtle as a pile of bricks Shake hands with razor blades My hate comes in so many shades... Fade away to memory Fade away in shame Face to face with the holocaust Deep inside your brain Never ending pleading Never ending pain Face to face with the holocaust Deep inside your brain Comatose with some feeling within Wait around for the peeling of skin Bleed out from an endless tiride Another victim of the fashion brigade... Life feels uncomfortable Love feels uncomfortable You are face first with your misery You are not the first in history... Fade away to memory Fade away in shame Face to face with the holocaust Deep inside your brain Never ending pleading Never ending pain Face to face with the holocaust Deep inside your brain
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Fake it 05:39
One more time I find a fake A complicated lie to hide a simple mistake The situation makes no sense so all you get as compensation Is another hangover Another day of sickness When people try to help you out It only makes things worse Fake Fake Fake it like you do One step into the fire Lets go Lets go Raise your glass and toast the liar Lets go Lets go Heads up, Going down Lets go Lets go The last sick boy in this town Lets go Lets go No remorse No regret Just self abuse and no respect You're one on one with seperation searching for some inspiration There will be nothing left but a shell of your own design You'll say it's fine but deep inside you know you're fucked Fake Fake Fake it like you do One step into the fire Lets go Lets go Raise your glass and toast the liar Lets go Lets go Heads up, Going down Lets go Lets go The last sick boy in this town Lets go Lets go
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Someone said that love is blind That motherfucker just might be right Everytime you step inside The more time that you will spend denying that you're dying A day has been lost and you must pay the cost... Everything you've done or said Is based upon the life you've led Win or lose it's for you to choose Take it, talk it, cut that shit and try it You're dying A day has been lost and you must pay the cost. When you try too hard We know all too well You are deep inside a private hell All the things you've seen Too sick to mention Are just a part of your redemption On your knees you beg for sleep You don't remember You don't remember Have you really got so weak? Take it, Talk it, Cut that shit and try it You're dying A day has been lost and you must pay the cost. When you try too hard We know all too well You are deep inside a private hell All the things you've seen Too sick to mention Are just a part of your redemption

about

Recorded guerilla style in the summer of 2011 in a busy warehouse in Wandsworth, the first Punishment Essay record was intended to be a therapeutic self analysis all wrapped up in sonic barbed wire.

Conceived and mainly written while in Morocco, the songs were recorded crudely onto a Tascam 414 - 4 track recorder, using a hell of a lot of bouncing, an MC505 groovebox and a semi functioning Line 6 Pod.

These demo's were eventually picked up by Warren and it was agreed that they should be recorded again with a bit more attention paid to the production value while not interfering with the grit of the original recordings.

Both Warren and Dev juggled heavy workloads at Britannia Row while recording the album, often times only having an hour a day to record parts and vocals while the busy warehouse was quiet enough to do so.

The tracks 'Where is your God' and 'Born to make it' were also included in Little London's second Sonisphere performance but the rest of the album has not yet been played live. However with the upcoming release of volume 2, it appears that the opportunity to bring it to the stage could be well on the cards!

credits

released July 3, 2019

All songs by Dev Crawford

Engineered by Warren Grimsley
Mixed by Warren Grimsley
Mastered by Warren Grimsley 2011

Additional mastering by Dev Crawford 2019

Recorded at Britannia Row warehouse, Wandsworth 2011

Additional vocals on:

01 - Where is your god? - Sam Manigley
03 - Born to make it - Arthur Mazza

Programming and electronica on 5, 8 and 11 by Warren Grimsley.

Copyright 2011 Needsleep Records

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