Who's Gonna Throw The Punch

by Manchon Family Band

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Peter Stickland everything about it is beautiful. It is our hope for the future

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100% of the proceeds of the track will go to our local food pantry in Kingston NY called People's Place.

Another track we recently did 100% for charity is available icietla.bandcamp.com/releases. please purchase and support the food pantry!

Clare wrote this song for her song club assignment in late march 2020. She re-wrote the lyrics probably 5 times, in this ever shifting landscape.
Olivier, Gustave (age 5) and Ernestine (age 3) then came on board, as well as a plethora of talented players and engineers. The is the first release as Manchon Family Band (Clare and Olivier used to be in a band called Clare and the Reasons long ago). We hope to release more songs in 2020, but for now, please share this song widely, we're trying to raise as much money as we can for our local food pantry in Kingston NY.

Beautiful mournful music video by Justin Lane here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYURbcTVGeo&feature=youtu.be

Clare and Olivier used to have a band called Clare and the Reasons. Olivier has a group called Orchestre de Chambre Miniature.

lyrics

It won’t help to look out on the ocean
Too many people locked in and hurting
I can’t feel the city shaking
The gilded man wins on the backs of the aching

Who’s gonna throw the punch
For the ones who are already down
Does the wind still make a sound if streets are empty in every town

All the shops are boarding up now
my children lead my through the day
sirens and bird songs wax and wane
People help people but our government’s not sane

Who’s gonna throw the punch
For the ones who are already down
Does the wind still make a sound if streets are empty in every town

-clare manchon

credits

released May 1, 2020
Clare Manchon- vocals
Gustave Manchon- vocals
Ernestine Manchon- vocals
Olivier Manchon- string arrangement/ violin, viola, piano, guitar
Jack Petruzzelli- guitars
Matt Penman- bass
John Ellis- bass clarinet
Robert DiPietro- drums
Marlan Barry- cello
Alex Venguer- mix engineer
Oscar Zambrano- mastering engineer
Justin Lane- music video, available on youtube
Album cover by Gustave Manchon, "Dragon Killing Coronavirus with Fire"
Header photo by Justin Lane

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Manchon Family Band Kingston, New York

"Who's Gonna Throw The Punch" is the debut song from Manchon Family Band.

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