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Hates It

by Ed Muzik

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    Christchurch musician / producer / cynic ED MUZIK has released his latest e.p. “HATES IT”, a pointed, satirical response to the traumatic events his city has gone through in the last year. The name and the cover of the record are a conscious dig at the council’s “Loves It” campaign. Ed explains “it was a bit of a tipping point for me. Stiff upper lip us all well and good, but this campaign pretends that we haven’t lost anything at all. The earthquake was a disaster - we don’t need to pretend it wasn’t.”

    First single “EQC Are Looking At My House” is a Weird Al-style cover of LCD Soundsystem’s “Daft Punk Are Playing At My House” - and all the more poignant due to what happened to the band after the quake. “On the morning of the 22nd, I got a call from the promoters of the Weird Al show at the Theatre Royal. They told me that we’d be opening for Al in just a couple of weeks. Three hours later, the 6.3 hit, seriously damaging the Theatre Royal and forcing Al to cancel his show. But for 3 hours I was on top of the world.” The song itself is a daed-pan take on some of the frustrations Canterbury residents have had in their dealings with EQC bureaucracy.

    “Double Brownlee” is a none-too-subtle dig at earthquake recovery czar Gerry Brownlee, as well as a tribute to the epoch -defining trash beer of the title. What it lacks in nuance, it makes up in witty one-liners. “It’s Grim Out East” channels acid-house prophets the KLF, a hoover bass oder to the worst hit suburbs in the city’s east. The “Merivale Working Men’s Club” looks at the two Christchurchs, the haves and have nots in the divided city. Finally, “I Once Was An Orange Parka” is a piano house ballad, told from the point of view of New Zealand’s most famous piece of protective clothing.

    Ed Muzik has used the EP to channel some of his anger and frustration into something strangely positive. “Humour has been really good therapy for me, and I think people down here have really appreciated it. A guy who worked for the EQC came up to me at a pub to tell me that he really enjoyed the song.”     ... more

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EQC Are Looking At My House 05:17
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Well, the EQC is looking at my house, my house I'll show you the cracks, kid, show you the cracks Living in a trailer at my house, my house I'll show you the cracks, kid, show you the cracks Got a 15 year mortgage on my house, my house And it’s fixed now, for 7 years Well, the EQC is looking at my house, my house You got to hear them out kid, hear them out Well, the EQC is looking at my house, my house I waited seven months and fifteen days There’s sewage pipes for miles at my house, my house And the neighbors can't do their washing There's a burglar scoping out my house, my house Because the locks don’t work on the door Well, the EQC is looking at my house, my house You gotta phone em up kid, phone em up We got engineers lined up at my house, my house And one of them is mapping the floor Gonna need a rebuild of my house, my house As the bricks descend from the wall There's a freak out brewing in my house, my house As the costs mount Cause the EQC is looking at my house, my house You gotta phone em up kid, phone em up And never ever get put on hold No never ever get put on hold Don’t ever get put on hold, put on hold
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It's Grim Out East 03:10
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Woolston, South Shore, Avonside, Styx Aranui, New Brighton, Shirley, Avon Loop Hillsborough, St Martins, Travis Swamp, Charlesworth South Brighton, Queenspark, Balmoral Hill It's grim out east, it's grim out east Burwood, Ferrymead, Bexley, Opawa Phillipstown, St Martins, Parklands, Pines Beach Kaiapoi, Cowpat, Scarborough, Richmond Bromley, Waltham, Roimata, Sumner It's grim out east, it's grim out east Horseshoe Lake, Linwood, Mt Pleasant, Wainoni Dallington, Lyttelton, Clifton, Kairaki Brooklands, Heathcote, Taylor's Mistake Avondale, Redcliffs, St Andrew's Hill, Charleston It's grim out east, it's grim out east It's grim out east, it's grim out east
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The Merivale Working Men's Club 04:24
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Double Brownlee 03:14
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Well I’m twice the man that I should be With a flowing double chin and a beer belly Another week filled with spouting shit I need to kick back and relax a bit Waddling with an enormous load Look left, look right, just cross the road Demo companies are the ones I favour Potato top pies are the ones I savour Another round of Double Brownlee I mean, c’mon. Just how bad could I be? I might get titchy, like a hot nor’wester But when the clock hits 2 I have a siesta Spend all day, spitting bull crap I got every maccas marked on a map Knick knack paddywhack give the dog a bone My sausage fingers can’t use the phone I know I’m doing well, I’m feeling the love! The Christchurch Old Boys are my favourite club You know I’ve got a super-phat bassline Did I say bassline? Sorry, meant waistline Another round of Double Brownlee I mean, c’mon. Just how bad could I be? I might get titchy, like a hot nor’wester But when the clock hits 2 I have a siesta Slugging back on a Double Brownlee I can’t see straight, I don’t feel healthy I’ll run this town, until I get bored I’m your overweight, Ilam-based overlord Tahi rua toru wha You can walk I’ll drive the car Rima onu whetu waru I swear my offer is good value I make the laws up as I go along It doesn’t even matter if I get it wrong! I don’t know why the peasants moan Forget green or red, you’re in the brown zone
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I Once Was An Orange Parka 06:17
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I once was an orange parka, I was just a hollow shell Who was never made for the spotlight Now I’ve got a story to tell Stashed at the back of the wardrobe, Unloved and neglected I really came into my own When the going got hectic Now I long for those simple days When all I did was stop go on motorways When the highlight of my week was industrial safety But things haven’t been so simple lately The photos, the journos, reporters Each day a bigger mob I had no time for the people Too busy doing my job For week after week I never got a clean Anyone who got near me could smell exactly where I’d been But no-one can deny that I look good on camera And in this day and age, well that’s all that matters In parts of the city the smell is putrescent But you’ve got nothing to fear if your dressed in fluorescent They say that hi-vis is good for protection But who ever knew it could win an election? I once was an orange parka, I was just a hollow shell Who was never made for the spotlight Now I’ve got a story to tell Stashed at the back of the wardrobe, Unloved and neglected I really came into my own When the going got hectic I once was an orange parka, I was just a hollow shell Who was never made for the spotlight Now I’ve got a story to tell I once was an orange parka, I was just a hollow shell And I’ll spend the rest of my days In some kind of hi-vis hell

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released September 19, 2011

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