First Four Tapes

by RASKOL

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1.
Never Again 01:45
Breaking the chains Point the finger and take aim Won't do it again Running Never again Hang my head in shame Never again Pray for a change Mind consumed by yesterdays pain Never again Avoidance Never again Say my prayers through rotting teeth Wait around for things to change Won't let it slip away Never again Breaking free from the past Starts with forgiving myself Endless of doubt and guilt The change begins with me
2.
Fog of War 01:53
Silent screams The sound of tragedy Trapped in the fog of war An endless machine Another casualty Trapped in the fog of war Terminal anguish Systematic torture Filled with disgust Another nuclear winter Not another fucking war
3.
Canine 02:35
Savage hunger A bloodthirsty lust Locked in my sights Dog off the leash I'm on the hunt Flesh torn from the bone Foaming at the mouth Sink my teeth and spit Rabid Canine Dog off the leash I'm on the hunt Watched you turn and walk away from me You went and ran your mouth But no-one's buying and the words are empty Now I'll take you out Dog off the leash
4.
Shouldn't throw stones from within a glass house We all know your shtick Sat upon a throne That's tearing at the seams We can see your weakness We all know your scheme We don't like you Talking wreckless You don't practice what you preach You don't walk the walk, just talk the talk And you're afraid to look at me Coward We don't like you You don't like you We don't like you, you don't like you We don't like you, you don't like you We don't like you, you don't like you
5.
Dead Liver 01:54
Washed up, dead liver fuck Blame the world for all your problems To justify your buzz Forty years old, no kids Six people in your house, all pigs Life of shit, loser anarchy Take a look in a fucking mirror, tell me what you see Burnt out, no hope Resist the system, all cope You run your mouth, it's all talk Where are your peers? Where has the time gone? Life's passing you by
6.
All work, no play Burnt out, low pay Spend my life in a fucking wage cage Boot pressed on my neck All work, no play No time, no say Victim of my circumstance Piss tested to my death All work, no play Burnt out, low pay Alarm rings, another shift Drag my broken body through this shit Time stands still and mocks me as I stare Throw a match, watch it burn, ask me if I care
7.
Strikeout 02:10
Step in the box Eyes are locked, only you control fate Trapped, in the land of dreams Stories, write themselves Swinging, for the fences Fighting off a strikeout Swing and a miss Down in the count Nothing to do but defend Trapped, in the land of dreams Stories, write themselves Swinging, for the fences Fighting off a strikeout Triumph, a testament to will Fighting for all our lives in a game that's built to kill Swing and a miss Down in the count Nothing to do but defend
8.
Abandoned 01:38
Streets of filth, stinking mess Staring down at rotting flesh Abandoned Left behind World moves on, passing by Judgment felt from peering eyes Abandoned Left behind A whole city left to ruin Fuck your judgment from behind a screen Click here, exploited humans Fantasy, beyond your dreams
9.
Sacred 02:54
Run out of gas, racing away in the night Paid my dues, now it's time to move on with my life Seen it all, every state The boring conversations and every single face Desperation, it's all a fucking hoax Sell my shit and live my life among the sacred oaks Tossed aside, squandered youth Drowning in fake bullshit, isolate in truth State of disrepair becomes my default state All I've seen is nothing and all I feel is hate Cast away all the hate and greed Flee the land, lay my seed Burnt bridges collapse into ash Drive away and leave it all in the past
10.
Blinded 01:31
Lost in the night, shadow cloaks my escape Blinded by love, hungry for a taste Blinded Sharpened blade, make my way upstairs Open window, but you're no longer there Blinded by a taste of blood By a taste for violence Door kicks in, swing of blade Blood runs down Gun shots, I don't move Fade away as I see you Bleeding out on a wooden floor Obsessive love, constant thirst for more
11.
Piss & Moan 01:42
Wasting time, complaining about your life But you haven't done a single fucking thing to try and make it right Piss and moan your way through life Shit don't change cause you won't change Drown yourself in a pool of shame, won't let myself do the same Piss and moan your way through life Shit don't change cause you won't change Get high and eat like shit, then complain when you feel like it Hard to have sympathy when you choose your own misery All you do is piss and moan
12.
Open Door 00:56
Trapped behind an open door World beyond is such a bore Step outside, met with shit Streets filled with degenerates And I hate what I see A sick world consumed by greed Turn our backs on the one above Lie and steal from the ones we love Trapped behind an open door The world outside is such a fucking bore
13.
Lust 02:06
I don't want it but I need it I don't want it but I need it to feel free Trapped in a cage like a fucking animal A victim of my own lust and my own greed Feeling weak, feeling sick I feel ashamed, I feel disgust With the things I've done And the things I've said And the ones I've loved And the lies I've told And the ones I've hurt were the ones I loved And the ones I hurt are the ones I love Can't break free from this shame Burn my skin, numb my brain Nothing more than disgust My own actions, my own mistakes, my own lust
14.
Empty Handed 02:15
Meaningless, chasing after the wind Looking for the answers that I need Nothing gained, nothing lost Nothing makes any sense Marching on, no way out Spiral toward my death I make my way through this life and try to make some sense Of what's wrong and right Don't know where I'm headed, don't like what I've seen And if you're looking for guidance, don't look at me Don't look at me, what the fuck do I know? Don't look at me Tried my best to make my way, carve out my own path I've said it once, and I'll say it again, nothing seems to last I'm afraid to leave my life behind empty handed With nothing to show for it and no one to remember me
15.
Speed 02:20
Driving fast, leaving the world behind Burning rubber, nausea persists Ain't a drug that gives a thrill like this Leave them behind Killing machine, three thousand pounds of pain Turbo charged, if you see me coming get out the way Standing to live is just standing still Addicted to speed, I live for the thrill Foot on the gas, gun on my waist And if you can't keep up, get the fuck out the way
16.
Walk Away 02:24
Have you ever wanted to walk away from the life you've built for yourself? From your loved ones? Those that support you? Those that love you? To just throw it all away To become a new man To become who you want to be To become who you believe you are Just to be able to take a look in a mirror Do you ever feel an immense amount of guilt for the things you've done? And the people you've hurt, the ones you've lied to? Those who put trust in you, and the lives you've destroyed? Need to break free, leave it behind Forget who I was and do what it takes to be me
17.
Hear the screams, I see them in my sleep Haunting all my dreams, maybe I've gone too deep See them in the streets, waiting for my retreat Preying on my demise, can't escape their eyes Searching for the truth Spend my nights alone, crawling down a web Found myself in a sea of shit and there doesn't seem to be an end Can't look away, find myself searching for purpose For structure, for a sense of life All for a thrill, hours spent Hours wasted, wasted

about

First Four Tapes is a complete collection of RASKOL's discography including their brand new four-song EP, TEETHING, mixed and mastered by Trish Quigley. The LP also includes an entirely new mix of their 2023 release, "TESTIMONY" - First Four Tapes is set to release through Abandon Everything Records on July 23rd, followed by the band's summer tour through the American South & Midwest.

7.23 - Philadelphia, PA - Record Release Show//Tour Kickoff @ Cousin Danny's +
7.24 - Norfolk, VA @ Norfolk Taproom +
7.25 - Charlotte, NC @ Good Year Arts
7.26 - Huntsville, AL @ Ask A Punk
7.27 - Murfreesboro, TN @ CXR
7.28 - Lexington, KY @ Lost & Found
7.29 - Indianapolis, IN @ Willard Skatepark
7.30 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Morning Ritual Coffee Bar *
7.31 - Detroit, MI @ The Confessional at Sanctuary *
8.1 - Columbus, OH @ Marlboro Manor *
8.8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Cousin Danny's
8.24 - Pittsburgh, PA - Skull Fest @ Prevention Point

+ w/ Spikepit
* w/ MDOP

credits

released July 22, 2026

Vocals - Kody Snyder
Guitar - Christopher Postlewaite
Guitar (Tracks 1-4) - Stephanie Rohde
Guitar (Tracks 5-13) - Alex Chips
Bass - Bruce Hamilton
Drums - Aidan Fisher

Recorded*, Mixed, and Mastered by Trish Quigley
Tracks 5-9 Recorded by Sasha Stroud

Artwork by Evan Zuk and Jeff Poleon
Released by Abandon Everything Records

Special thank you to Dylan, Haley, Rae, Nick Bsales, Tyler Zosky, Sam Gasperre, Bonecrab, Latziyela Prints, 4333 Collective, and many many more.

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