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Ill

by Makthaverskan

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1.
Vienna 03:23
You don’t even see it in my eyes You are all that I want Oh I begged you, no But now you're dead You're gone You are all that I want You walked out the door Oh I beg you now But now you're dead, you're gone You are all that I wanted
2.
Leda 03:30
I haven’t slept for days and more to come Is this real, I really can’t feel none Oh I miss you, oh I miss you so Is this where we let go? Are you coming back to this town any time soon? No one cares to know me the way you do And I miss you, oh I miss you oh so much I wake up feeling worse every day Work work work, oh when will it end? This society suffocates me So please just be honest with me Do I even want you? You don’t even see it You don’t see anything through Do I even want you? No you don’t see me, you don’t see anything through I miss you though I miss you oh so much There is no one like you who cares to see me through And are you coming back to this town any time soon? No one cares to see me the way you did I miss you, oh I miss you oh so much Oh, I miss you, oh I miss you every day
3.
In My Dreams 03:10
I’m chasing dreams Changing history And we could be In my dreams Oh I wasted it again and now there's nothing left It never works, never works Oh I burned every bridge to be burned thinking it would turn It never does, never does You really need me In my dreams But in reality You don’t even see me Oh I wasted it again and now there's nothing left It never works, never works Oh I burned every bridge to be burned thinking it would turn It never does, never does When I see you I cry
4.
Witness 03:03
Witness your fall I will You will fall down Deep until you're gone And I will not give you one last thought My enemy, I bury you And oh my greatest fear You'll surrender to Witness your fall, oh Witness your fall, I will Oh the time has come For you to pay the price for all you've done Now your time has come I'll make you beg for mercy And oh the fear in your eyes - I'm satisfied Oh you will fall down Deep until your gone And I will not give you one last thought Witness your fall
5.
A false promise, you know but trust is shy because you never grew seeking to forgive But time passed away, time had a funeral Buried years ago, deep beneath the soil  Reached out wherever you wanted  Shut down in your arms  When love ran away and never came back to say it Never returned, never came around  A red rose climbs, now she’s at war  A red rose climbs, now she’s at war  Where it hurts the most  To say it as it is  Reached out wherever you wanted  Shut down in your arms  When love ran away and never came back To say it as it is
6.
Eden 04:27
Is this what we want, or is it all we know? We keep breaking variation - it kills the point of human soul We build it all Just to watch it fall We build barricades, there's so much hate Humanity equals misery There’s nothing here to see Is this what we want or is it all we know? And I don’t have trust in society When it won’t trust me. We're players of this cruel game I’m losing willingly It’s up to me My only chance to be is to leave I own my reality Is this what we want or is it all we know? We keep breaking variation It kills the point of human soul
7.
Siren 03:28
In the boat of love, where I felt like I belonged I was falling in love, then my time had come And I don’t know where I belong But we would never be alone The months passed by and I were missing him most of my time He came to visit me abroad to say he didn’t want me anymore And I don’t know if it was love But we would never be alone in the boat of love And I don’t know if it was love And I don’t know where I belong And I don’t know, but we would never be alone
8.
Front 03:48
What have I become, I thought you were the one You had my heart in stone - I’m left with none Does she hold you warm at night? Tell you that it's gonna be allright Tell you oh don’t you worry, love She just don’t know you like I do What have I become, I thought you were the one You had my heart and soul - I'm left with none. Everything is spinning in my head What’s the view like from her bed? No-one loves you more than I do And you know this, you are no fool Oh I've been wasting all of my time And what have I become, I thought you were the one You had my heart and soul and I’m left with none What have I become, I thought you were the one You had my heart in stone - I’m left with none
9.
Comfort 03:28
When you feel it Get to you Stand tall, show no fear at all And when it touches you Release yourself Oh get away Will it ever go away? To ease the pain what can I say, it will never go away Learn to control yourself It will play you on And his mistakes took our youth Stay here, and stay free Will it ever go away? To ease the pain what can I say, it will never go away
10.
Oh the years went by without me being a part It took me too long to know what I want I always wished for a new start Seeking if I really had a heart And days turn into years Leave it all behind Restless nights and fears, crossed lines If you choose to stay, leave me behind Days turn into years and I am stuck in time And all that we've been through, it hits me down to my bones And days turn into years I’m stuck, I’m still here Nothing touches me no more and I’m falling apart Time can be my biggest enemy Old friends that passed or grew apart I’m longing for serenity And days turn into years I’m leaving all behind All the walls I've built with time Now I know what I might find And in between the lines Of this so called life That is where you'll find me

about

Deep at the heart of Makthaverskan’s new album Ill lies a burning desire, a longing to find compassion against a global backdrop where love in all its forms feels as if its being sucked from our lives. Led by vocalist Maja Milner’s barbed wail, Ill is Makthaverskan turning their sights on the world at large, chasing hope and understanding in a time when it can seem impossible to find either.

Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the post punk five-piece roused a worldwide following with the single “No Mercy” and the release of their sophomore album II via Boston’s Run For Cover and Sweden’s Luxury Records. The failure of love and loss of innocence that punctuated II and No Mercy's searing condemnation of “fuck you for fucking me when I was seventeen” however no longer dominate Milner’s worldview on Ill. Here, each new day is a cyclical curse for Milner as she sings on “Leda,” “I wake up feeling worse every day.”

Makthaverskan’s III represents the band’s most focused songwriting, patiently recorded over the last three years as a leaner four-piece with producer Hans Olsson Brookes. Where past records were collections of scattered songs, III conveys an intentional cohesion. At the core is Milner’s austere purview. She turns her feminine powers against society, rather than the wreckage of her past, yet still exploring themes of what can and cannot be controlled. “In My Dreams,” takes the perspective of dreams as an opportunity to play out the grand possibilities of love, knowing that once she’s awake they're out of her hands.

Despite this, Makthaverskan are far from defeated. On “Eden”, Milner struggles to find her place in a society increasingly divided by hatred (“humanity equals misery / there’s nothing here to see / Is this what we want, or is it all we know?”). On “Comfort” she finds trust in a stranger - refusing to give up hope. In fact, Makthaverskan is a band built to overcome. Even when Milner’s lyrics suggest the bleak - raw, unbridled energy pulsates through III. “Witness” showcases the rhythm section on overdrive with an intensity that carries over into the erratic pace of “Eden” and “Front.” For all the disillusionment that Milner dishes out, behind her is a monolithic sound that broods in unison yet shimmers with hope.

With the band navigating through their mid-to-late twenties, closer “Days Turn Into Years” encapsulates the biological shift in how time is felt and internalized. The band subdues its lilting chords ever-so slightly and Milner slips into a lower register for the refrain. This is Makthaverskan settling in, but not relinquishing to complacency.

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released October 20, 2017

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