Hot Milk
Swallow This

To follow up on their dirty anthem, ’90 Seconds To Midnight’, Hot Milk have created a chaotic and explosive single in the form of ‘Swallow This’.

Every edge on this single is sharp and angsty, and the lyrics allow me to certify this as a proper punk song, laced with rage with a broken poetry to them. The song begins like an echo of Nurse, then there’s a big riff, slamming beats, and a huge chorus.

The inbound album, Corporation Pop, is going to be explosive!

We live in a post-truth era, we are confused, we are lost and we are untrusting We must follow our gut to what is moral, right and kind. SWALLOW THIS is a protest song against the hypodermic needle of control media. They anger and press upon pressure points to gain control. As we have always said, question everything. It is healthy and it is right in this world that has evolved too fast for our primate brains to keep up.

We must prioritise the wellness and safety of our fellow man, no matter their race, creed, religion, gender or sexuality. We are human beings – do not let something as common as money and power replace what truly matters. Community, joy, laughter, spirit. I will stand on that picket line first if it comes to it, for now, this is all we got. Enjoy, f ’em.

Han Mee

Swallow This Video

Watch Hot Milk – ‘Swallow This’.

Swallow This Lyrics

Silence on ice
Severance is served
Destroy the parts that used to think.

As I lay here inundated
You’ve overfed the machine

Inject a thought into the ignorant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Bit by bit break a generation

They sell a motive as a stimulant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Brick by brick build a broken nation

Does it taste nice?
Does it trickle down your throat?
Intoxicating your insides.

Fingernails in my eyes so I can’t see
Coz the drugs that they sell makes my heart bleed
The binary never sat right with me

Inject a thought into the ignorant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Bit by bit break a generation

They sell a motive as a stimulant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Brick by brick build a broken nation

SO SWALLOW THIS
TO COEXIST
SO SWALLOW THIS
AND BRICK BY BRICK BUILD A BROKEN NATION

Get your coat for the winter
Enjoy a post truth era
Thanks Oppenheimer
The fission collider brings the end of the world much nearer

So brick by brick build a broken nation
Who cares now here comes extinction
Brick by brick build a broken nation
swallow this for the disconnection?

BOW DOWN
Testify like your life’s on the brink
BOW DOWN
AND SPIT IT OUT

Inject a thought into the ignorant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Bit by bit break a generation

They sell a motive as a stimulant
Swallow this for the disconnection
Brick by brick build a broken nation

SO SWALLOW THIS
TO COEXIST
SO SWALLOW THIS
AND BRICK BY BRICK BUILD A BROKEN NATION
AND SPIT IT OUT

Written by Fenton on 7th April 2025

Steve Fenton writes in our music, words, and culture categories. He was Editor in Chief for The Mag and covered live music for DV8 Magazine and Spill Magazine. He was often found in venues throughout the UK alongside ace-photographer, Mark Holloway. Steve is also a technical writer and programmer and writes gothic fiction. Steve studied Psychology at OSC, and Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-1978 at the University of Reading.

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