melt by melt

this ep was written and recorded on Central Arrernte Country Country that was stolen from its Traditional Owners and Custodians by the illegitimate colonial project of so-called australia. sovereignty has never been ceded or surrendered and resistance has never ceased. melt pays our respects to the Traditional Custodians of Mparntwe, and to all First Nations peoples resisting ongoing colonisation. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land

this ep was recorded and mixed by Jez Conlon from Left Of Elephant Sound at the Black Wreath in July 2024 <3 big thanks to Vito and Cam for cassette production support.

this ep is a collation of lists; lists of ways colonial states conspire with capitalist forces to murder black, brown, queer, trans and womens lives; lists of life and loss and love and rage; lists reminding us of our interconnection; that none of us are free until we are all free. but fuck, if the only thing we have is each other, that is so so much (yes - thats an andrea gibson line).

to riley, to maima, to james, to Kumanjayi White, to Fatima Hassouna and Duaa Sharaf and the over 61,000 Palestinians who have been murdered by the settler-colonial militarised israeli state since October 7th/since we started writing these tracks: your lives mattered - your resistance matters - your freedom matters.

xx melt xx
2025