Pathology or Pantomime

by All This For Nothing

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After the dystopian pyjama-scape that was 2020, All This For Nothing are coming back to your playlist with their first single since their release of ‘Reverence’ in late 2019.

Having spent lockdown hard at work writing and creating demos, Pathology or Pantomime is the first of All This For Nothing’s new offerings. Having recently signed to Mongrel Records, the band will be bringing you a consistent rollout of music, merch and artwork over the next few months.

The first single ‘Pathology or Pantomime’ examines the tenuous relationship between internal struggle and outward expression. Exploring the notion of concealing mental health crises in a world where those suffering the most are often the quietest about their pain, the track speaks to what all of us have gone through in 2020, and the manner in which we’ve chosen to conceal or express it.

The single also heralds the return of long standing guitarist Mark Hinch.

lyrics

Blinking through black veils
Fighting for control
Whilst some use the few’s failures
To forge careless goals

You gather the light
And radiate
All you are
Your quest to ignite
Love in all
Spite your scars

Longing that you crave
Ego taking strain
Moulder in your hideaway
You feign psychic pain

Reflect on your mind
It’s easy to deny
Some of us won’t get the
Chance to reconcile
Some spend their whole lives
Seeking, serene mental paradigms
But oh to tell the difference
Pathology or Pantomime

Your quest to ignite
Love in all
Spite your scars

Careful how your words fall
On open scars
For some these black veils may
Resemble prison bars

credits

released April 30, 2021
Produced by All This For Nothing at Asylum Studios, South Africa
Engineered by Paul Gioia, Francois Lessing, Chris Schutte and Justin Bernardo
Mixed and Mastered by Scott Hallquist
Music by Paul Gioia, Chani Brits, Francois Lessing, Mark Hinch
Lyrics by Chani Brits and Paul Gioia

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All This For Nothing Pretoria, South Africa

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discography

Idle Man

Oct 2023
Vasgevang

Aug 2022
Wander

Aug 2021
Pathology or Pantomime

Apr 2021
Reverence

Dec 2019
Casualties of Thought

Sep 2004

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