On their new single ‘Safe,’ Paint It Black put forth an urgent and crucial track about the long-standing issues of policing versus the well-being of every person living in the United States. The song serves as the third single from ‘Famine,’ their upcoming new album, scheduled for release on November 3rd through Revelation Records.
As the band expands: “What does it mean to feel entitled to safety in a world full of violence? If we prioritize our safety at the expense of the safety of others, how safe are any of us really? Plain and simple this is about problems with policing in the U.S. I started thinking critically about the role of law enforcement when I was a kid and I first heard The Jam’s, “In The City.” Abuses of police power, and the general lack of accountability around such abuses, amounts to state-sanctioned violence, and black people bear the brunt of it. This doesn’t feel safe to me.”
‘Famine’ tracklist:
1. Famine
2. Dominion
3. Safe
4. Exploitation Period
5. Serf City, U.S.A.
6. The Unreasonable Silence
7. Namesake
8. City of the Dead