{"product_id":"no-man-between-the-sword-and-the-neck","title":"NO MAN - Between the Sword and the Neck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNO MAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Washington, D.C. political hardcore punk band formed in 2017. Featuring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaha Shami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on vocals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatthew Michel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on guitar, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePat Broderick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on drums, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKevin Lamiell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass, the band features members of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMajority Rule\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Sword and the Neck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is NO MAN's fourth LP and their second album with Iodine Recordings. Across a blistering 26- minute runtime, the band merges pummeling hardcore, political urgency, grief, love, rage, and Palestinian poetry into their most vulnerable and unrelenting work to date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album is rooted in the Arabic word \"sumud,\" meaning steadfastness or perseverance, and channels vocalist Maha Shami's lived experience as a daughter of Palestinian refugees. The title \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Sword and the Neck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is taken from Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, referencing the impossibility of genuine negotiation between an oppressor and the oppressed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the record, Shami's lyricism draws from Palestinian history, poetry, family, grief, resistance, survival, and refusal of erasure. The album features guest vocals from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKat Hidalgo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJenna Pup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Spite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" quotations from Ghassan Kanafani, Fadwa Tuqan, and Mahmoud Darwish on \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Tongues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\" and names of lives lost to the occupation read by friends and family on \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey Have Names\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded and self-produced by the band, mixed by Matthew Michel, and mastered by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrad Boatright\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at Audiosiege, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the Sword and the Neck\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as N MAN's most intimate and politically charged statement to date.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VINA RECORDS (CODE 7)","offers":[{"title":"European Exclusive Spite Smashed Black \u0026 White Vinyl LP","offer_id":60013662830937,"sku":"SDZ-54881","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/PROP_20261002_1500_140756_165_v_0725305742607_002.jpg?v=1792412491","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/no-man-between-the-sword-and-the-neck","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}