Inherited Wasteland - Benefit Compilation for the Prairieland Defendants

2026-07-19T10:19:09.000-04:00

Contributed by AK Rot

A brand new compilation tape to benefit the Prairieland Defendants, anti-ICE demonstrators in Texas witchhunted and cumulatively sentenced to centuries in prison for participating in a noise demo at an ICE detention facility in Alvaredo on the fourth of July last year.

The tape was assembled in Philadelphia and solidly represents the city's subgenres and scene generations, alongside new and established bands from across northern North America. In the vein of the impressive international Gaza solidarity comps released out of Philly last year. My educated guess (flyers for the comp at a squat, the beautiful art) is that SEDIMENT may be responsible for getting this one together. Allegedly "crust and anarcho punk" but there's something here for everyone - 21 tracks spanning d-beat, "e-beat," freestyle, post-punk, and even a WIPERS cover. The cohesion is in care for the cause and it obviously holds.

Prairieland is the first case of its kind in our new post-NSPM-7 reality, in the wake of D. Trump's executive order designating antifascism as terrorism in September 2025. Yes the USA has always been a fascist project and yet we are decidedly in a new phase. Witness the case of Des Revol, who was handed a 30-year sentence for having anarchist zines in his car without even attending the demonstration - zines like this one, often found in a punk house bathroom, free to download on the internet. Des, and all of the defendants, could be any of us.

People say punk gets better the worse politics get - I can't say I care for this take, but I'm relieved to see the "aesthetic of our anger" focused into expressions of love and solidarity with present-day political prisoners. It's hard to say how these days will be remembered by the punks of the future (what future?), regardless, this tape, complete with the sampled sounds of protests, noise demos and riot reporting, marks the historical moment - raising legal funds and hopefully the frequencies of awareness and concern throughout the borderless network we call punk

Prairieland Defendants Benefit Compilation, by Various

21 track album

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Inherited Wasteland - Benefit Compilation for the Prairieland Defendants