Listen to this: A Tribe Called Red's powerful new single, 'Burn Your Village to the Ground'

A Tribe Called Red released a new track called "Burn Your Village to the Ground" on Thursday, Nov. 27, specifically for American Thanksgiving.

It's a powerful and provocative multi-layered drum track that samples Wednesday Addams's (played by Christina Ricci) speech from The Addams Family movie in which she protests the colonization of the indigenous people, ultimately declaring: "I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground."

A Tribe Called Red (DJ NDN, Bear Witness and 2oolman) released this statement along with the song, which was uploaded to their Soundcloud page:

"On this fourth Thursday of November, you might ask yourself: do Indians celebrate Thanksgiving? Well… Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday for Native people. In a way, each day is a day of thanksgiving to the Creator for the original people of Turtle Island. This doesn't mean that we don't enjoy turkey, pie and family as much as the next person, but at the same time the Thanksgiving myth largely shared in mainstream culture perpetuates a one sided view of a complicated history surrounding this holiday. Here’s an informed indigenous view on Thanksgiving: http://ift.tt/1youRI9

"This doesn’t prevent us from 'celebrating' in our own way by giving you a new song called Burn Your Village To The Ground.

"artwork by Sovereign State: sovereignstate.ca"

"We just wanted to create dialogue on the complicated colonial history of a continentally observed holiday," Ian Compeau, also known as DJ NDN, told CBC Aboriginal via Twitter.

Listen to the song below and then do it again and again. It's deceptively simple at first, but new moments, sounds and beats are revealed every time you press play.

by Andrea Warner via Electronic RSS