All female. Rhythm-driven ensemble piece built on aggressive, percussive sound design — sheets snapping, buckets slamming, wringer cranks amplified into pounding drum hits — layered with deep floor toms and low bass pulses that create a relentless, industrial rhythm; tempo urgent and mechanical, driving forward like forced labor turned into resistance; vocals begin restrained but sit atop a rumbling undercurrent, gradually stacking into thicker harmonies that feel like pressure building beneath control; the nuns’ rigid unison should feel authoritarian and cold against the girls’ increasingly powerful, rhythm-locked harmonies; overall tone is percussive, defiant, and simmering — labor transformed into protest through sheer sonic force.