![]() I've become much more into my progressive, left wing politics and "raging against the machine" in the last year so seeing them bring out songs that do exactly that in a very overt way is really nice and uplifting. I speak as someone who has consumed their 6 year discography in 2 weeks LOL, but their new stuff is so relatable for me at the current time in my life. Whenever we reach a stage where concerts will be allowed again and they have a show in London I'm going to absolutely see them live at the earliest opportunity. Some of their earlier lyrics and videos reference her crisis of identity growing up between 2 cultures, and that was something that I could relate to as well, this kind of bilingual music is such an interesting idea that one is surprised to not see more of in this globalised World where the Worldwide (and particularly London) population of poly-linguists is increasing and becoming "normal" so to speak. ![]() Yet seeing people who are from the same generation as me become a successful band out of that same aesthetic and outlook on life, is so so uplifting for me personally, it makes me feel less of an outcast and helps me accept that I am who I am and there's no shame in that.Īlso I'm a London born Turk, Sarah is a London born (or grew up in London) Japanese. It feels particularly nice as a Londoner Japanophile/Retro gamer to have discovered a group that grew up in the same era and same kind of suburban environment as me and extol the kind of aesthetic I've always appreciated and the same kind of innocent, pure, weird, silly vibes I've always expressed throughout my life but felt ostracised for, being belittled for being childish and weird and not being normal. I'm London born just like them and I'm the exact same age as the lead singer (I actually got a place to the same uni she went to, but I didn't accept the offer, lol in some alternate universe where I did accept, perhaps I would have crossed paths with her there). Their latest EP is incredibly poignant and politically biting for the times we are living in, and it obviously hints towards Civilisation II being something they're working on. Thanks to you I have discovered my favourite band, I'm a god damned 29 year old man that has never had a favourite band in my life before, but I've absolutely fallen in with these guys, loving every track from 2/3 of their albums, I'm sure Time and Place will grow on me at the right time and right place (lol). I saved this page for the last 2 weeks to thank you, because I was banned so I couldn't reply to you straight away. OP, I cannot THANK YOU enough for this thread.
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