Any connection between incidious mission creep of Ramrock Red Records reaching the 100 release milestone is entirely coincidental as Twelve Caesars' return with their new single.
If you're familiar with earlier work of Twelve Caesars, you'll recall their album 'Cointelpro' is named after a FBI counter inteligence program between 1956-76; a twenty year period of attack on the voices of civil rights luminaries like Fred Hampton, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X, John F and Bobby Kennedy plus many more (see review HERE) .
The love/hate affair of Andrew Pipe and Stephen Ennever (aka Twelve Caesars) have with the U.S of A continues with the last single to be taken from the album following the ballad of 'Ruby Ridge' (see review HERE).
'Mission Creep' is the full-on 'orchestral version' production with Pipe's vocals approaching a soulful Thom Yorke (not his Radiohead 'Creep'); for a quick 101 on 'Mission Creep', Andrew tells us:
"The track was inspired by an exchange between legendary New York Times war correspondents, Homer Bigart and Neil Sheehan. The following is an excerpt from ‘Vietnam and the Presidency’ – keynote by David Halberstam: “And on the first day, there was a little bit of a victory. And on the second day, there was a sort of typical, pillow-punching operation. Followed by a third day with even less contact. And on the way back, Neil Sheehan was gnashing his teeth and grumbling and Homer said “Mr. Sheehan, what is the problem?” And Neil grumbled and said something about, “No story.”
And Homer said, “But there is a story, Mr. Sheehan. IT DOESN'T WORK. That’s your story.” And that is the defining one."
And Homer said, “But there is a story, Mr. Sheehan. IT DOESN'T WORK. That’s your story.” And that is the defining one."
So congrats to Ramrock Red on reaching 100 and Twelve Caesars for 'Ruby Ridge' being in Portsmouth's Express FM's 'People's Choice' Top Ten Chart for an incredible 5 months! That's your story!
BUY LINK / PRE-ORDER: RRR100 Twelve Caesars - Mission Creep | Twelve Caesars | Ramrock
Artist: Twelve Caesars
Title: Mission Creep
Release date: 27th July, 2026
Label : Ramrock Red Records
Catalog Number : RRR100
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
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