The revolution is screaming through your speakers right now. Ontario’s genre-smashing duo Asthma Kids are here with “Crumbs and Morsels (The Meek Are Getting Ready Pt IV).”
Recorded in a white-hot three-hour session at The Reverie Recording Studio, this track captures Asthma Kids in their purest, most explosive form. Frontman Trevor Hutchinson (a vet of the scene with Big Eddy, Trailer Park S, Parton Beggars) and co-conspirator JP Gill operate on a simple, brutal ethos: “three chords and the truth.” They call themselves “genre-atheists,” and this track proves it. It’s a missile that doesn’t bother with slick production—it’s all sweat, fury, and purpose.
The song is a searing critique, a direct shot at the imbalance of power and grotesque wealth inequality festering in late-stage capitalism. Hutchinson doesn’t mince words, calling out the billionaire class and their minions who design a system that pits us against each other for their amusement. This is protest music with its fists up, but smart enough to know the revolution needs a beat you can move to. It’s political punk with a heart that still believes in the power of a dirty, danceable groove.
The track was mastered by Alex Wharton at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. That’s a bucket-list moment that adds a layer of iconic sheen. The accompanying video, helmed by director Lisa Battocchio, is a perfect visual. Their second collab (after the 85K-view hit “Die On This Hill (…Pt II)”), it’s a dystopian, run-and-gun punk vignette filmed on the streets of Toronto with performer Lorenza Tessaro. Hand-built masks, chaotic shots, a fearless crew—it’s an aesthetic that matches the song’s urgent, unifying scream. Battocchio’s cinematic eye, forged from training in China and a life across Italy and Canada, turns the track into the soundtrack of a street-level uprising.
Let “Crumbs and Morsels (The Meek Are Getting Ready Pt IV)” rip through your playlist. This is exactly what we need right now. The meek are getting ready, and they’ve got one hell of a soundtrack.