Work is changing. Robots are replacing us. Capitalism is fracturing. With their second duo album Never Work, Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom (of Canadian garage-folk band The Burning Hell) ask what work songs might sound like in a future where the nature of labour itself is so uncertain. Accenting the acoustic elements of old-school folk revivals with electronic interference, Never Work takes cues from labour activists and Situationist pranksters to explore the gig economy, side-hustles, tech feudalism, class war, unionized digital assistants, rebellious self-service checkout machines, and fully automated luxury communism. Some are songs about workers, some are songs for workers, but most are both at once. Simultaneously earnest and wry, the songs on Never Work are a protest playlist for our collective journey towards oblivion or the beach.

first album by Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom
Don’t Believe The Hyperreal (Vinyl/CD) 2015

other releases by The Burning Hell:
Baby (Vinyl) 2008/2018
Revival Beach (Vinyl/CD) 2017
Public Library (Vinyl/CD) 2016
People (Vinyl/CD) 2013

1 / A1: Never Work - (3:23) 
2 / A2: Monitors - (3:21) 
3 / A3: Everything for Everyone - (4:22) 
4 / A4: Rise Up Alexa - (2:41)
5 / A5: The Rich Stuff - (4:04)
6 / B1: Two Jeffs - (5:05)
7 / B2:  The Robots vs. Ms. Patel - (4:49) 
8 / B3: Talkin’ Gig Economy Blues - (6:91)
9 / B4: I Don’t Mind Failing- (3:56)   

All songs written by Mathias Kom( SOCAN) except "Rise Up Alexa" by Mathias Kom and Ariel Sharratt, and “I Don’t Mind Failing” by Malvina Reynolds. Arranged and recorded by Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom in Fairfield, Prince Edward Island, with additional production and mixing by Jake Nicoll at Studio J in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering. Photography by Jesse Sharratt. Design and layout by Ariel Sharratt.

Unemployees of the month:
Quintus Kannegiesser (marketing)
Al Harle (chief technical consultant)
Sohrob Kazerounian (vice technical consultant)
Nicole Leaver (upper management)
Quiller Sharratt (image consultant)
Mal Campbell (union liaison)
Matt Brennan (stylophone technician)

Support staff: Brendan Kennedy, Christoffer Nygaard, Hudson Reynolds, Konstantin von Berg, Norman Ohlhoff, Rick Page, Alex Hurst, Hans Kabisch, Tom Ridgwell, Simon James.

Dedicated to the memory of Jeff Lockhart Jr. and in solidarity with workers everywhere.

(c) & (p) 2020 Mathias Kom under exclusive license to BB*ISLAND

LP BBI 0391 / CD BBI 0392 / Digital BBI 0393

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