Last year, Liberate P released a digital EP titled Spirit. The EP included two new tracks, The State-mandated Smile (เผด็จการที่มีธรรมาภิบาล) and Oppression (เอาให้ตาย), both of which begin with the same lyrics condemning state violence against political protesters. The State-mandated Smile criticises the military for ‘tearing the constitution into shreds’ (“ฉีกรัฐธรรมนูญเป็นขี้ผง”), and Oppression accuses the authorities of treating people’s lives ‘like fish or vegetables’ (“ชีวิตคนไม่ใช่ผักปลา”).
Today, the music video for Oppression was released. Directed by Teeraphan Ngowjeenanan (who made A Teeraphanny Joint last year), it features a man being beaten up and hit with a folding chair, in an echo of the infamous Neal Ulevich photograph from 6th October 1976.
The Spirit EP also featured two older tracks, สิ่งที่ประเทศกูไม่มี (‘what my country doesn’t have’) and Oc(t)ygen. สิ่งที่ประเทศกูไม่มี comments on the arrests of student protesters for three-finger salutes and other symbolic anti-government actions: “แค่กูชูสามกูแดกแซนวิชก็ติดคุก” (‘holding up three fingers or eating sandwiches can land you in jail’). Oc(t)ygen is a response to 6th October 1976.
The Spirit EP also featured two older tracks, สิ่งที่ประเทศกูไม่มี (‘what my country doesn’t have’) and Oc(t)ygen. สิ่งที่ประเทศกูไม่มี comments on the arrests of student protesters for three-finger salutes and other symbolic anti-government actions: “แค่กูชูสามกูแดกแซนวิชก็ติดคุก” (‘holding up three fingers or eating sandwiches can land you in jail’). Oc(t)ygen is a response to 6th October 1976.