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The Election EP goes live in Wellington; and our Electoral Commission decision is received
It's a noisy build-up to this
election, that's for sure; and a group of Powertool Records'
bands and friends are making some very lively live noise
this Saturday September 6th at the Newtown Bowling Club,
Wellington.
Celebrating the release of the 'Election EP' will be Gold Medal Famous, Vorn, Satan's Bellhops, Kedron Parker (Rough Church), the mysterious Glum (from Auckland), and hopefully an international Internet performance from Jordan Reyne; amidst the pleasures of very cheap drinks and and the great atmosphere of the famous Newtown Bowling Club - all for only $5 on the door.
We at Powertool Records – and our indefatigable artists – are not a team that sits still for long, especially when something big is looming. So we’re sticking it to the ballot box with the release of ‘The Election EP’: 8 artists with few stylistic similarities, but each with a passionate request that we vote – or at least think about what this election means to us.
The ‘Election EP’ contributors are: Gold Medal Famous – our original political band who came to infamy with their 2011 song ‘John Key is a Dick’, now reworked for 2014; ex-pat star Jordan Reyne; Wellington troubadour Mark Airlie; George Henderson and Matthew Bannister (something of a super-duo); our own #1 Dylan Fan Chris Rivers and his band Rivers Edge; performer extraordinaire Scarlett Lashes; and the anonymous Glum.
"The Election EP" Release
party (Wellington)
featuring Gold Medal Famous, Glum,
Vorn, Satan's Bellhops, Satan's Bellhops, Kedron Parker,
Jordan Reyne (virtually)
Saturday
September 6th, 8pm
Newtown Bowling
Club
303 Mansfield St
Facebook event page
Electoral Commission:
Advisory opinion
We've also received an advisory
opinion from the Electoral Commission; in which they do
consider the 'Election EP' to be an election advertisement,
due to the content of some of the songs, combined with the
artwork. The presence of anti-National/John Key songs
appears to encourage voters not to vote for National; and
the presence of the Glum song 'Vote Positive' also appears
to encourage people to vote for Labour, as it share sits
title with the Labour Party campaign slogan.
They do take into account that the variety of songs overall doesn't encourage people to vote for Labour, but when taken as a whole, with the artwork, that's how it could be perceived. From our standpoint, the songs cover a range of opinions from the various artists, and don't reflect a homogenous political stance.
We've been asked to change the title of the Glum song, and the EP cover art as well, which we will comply with.
The 'Election EP' will be available in its current form until 5pm Wednesday September 1 from the Powertool Records Bandcamp page.
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