Rape This Day

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"Rape This Day"
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Single by Tomahawk
from the album Mit Gas
Released2003
Label Ipecac
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tomahawk singles chronology
"Rape This Day"
(2003)
"Sun Dance"
(2007)

Rape This Day is a single by the American musical group Tomahawk. It appears on their 2003 record Mit Gas . [1]

Contents

Music

Daphne Carr of Allmusic compared the song's sound to the Foo Fighters. [2] Pitchfork's Scott Hreha described the song as having a "Herculean punk-rock chorus". [3]

Track List

No.TitleLength
1."Rape This Day"2:44

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References

  1. "Tomahawk - Rape This Day (2003, CDr)". Discogs.
  2. Carr, Daphne. "Mit Gas - Tomahawk". AllMusic.
  3. Hreha, Scott. "Tomahawk: Mit Gas Album Review". Pitchfork .