![]() ![]() “ Right now, there’s not much I can do,” she realises… “ ’til we can meet again”, signing off optimistically with hope “ for the new day”, dreaming – as we all were – of the return of some sense of normality. With contemplative synths and soft drumbeats beneath Perry’s meandering thoughts and observations (needing to go for a walk, seeing ambulances pass, noticing shuttered shops), it’s a sobering snapshot of what life was like exactly one year ago. The diaristic simplicity of ’′, inspired by cave drawings, is written about one specific day in lockdown. It’s like blasting through a Mario Kart session on a Nintendo 64 that’s plugged into a cinema-size TV: full of eye-popping colours you’ll want to keep exploring. Opener ‘The Princess and the Clock’ is KKB at their storytelling best: Perry sings about a kidnapped protagonist being trapped in a chamber while Lobban and Bulled craft an 8-bit-referencing sonic landscape. "There's others out there?" that are on these insane vibes.Each of the EP’s three tracks is set chronologically in a different tense: past, present and future. I can't thank them enough for making me not feel like a total weirdo (while also still of course feeling collectively like a total weirdo with them and the fanbase). Their songs are how my brain has always seen the World. There's no falling down from this.Ībsolutely, I can tell from this that the weirdness in their lyrics isn't just for show, it's the way they are IRL as well, which honestly I can't repeat enough, it feels so relatable for me. We've jumped on the International Tanoshi Sound trampoline now. I suppose it's probably a trend amongst our generation as a whole, so they're just expressing through their art the zeitgest of what we're all feeling.Īnother fellow convert lol. 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. 80 Civilisation II is the more substantial and overall impressive release of the two, showcasing stronger hooks, more versatile songwriting and a delicious enthusiasm for synth pyrotechnics. ![]()
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