Death, violence, and terror are horrifying, when experienced up close and personal, or “without distortion”. This apt reaction is turned into boredom when it is given to us as cold facts, statistics, or in a newspaper. We are wired silent by our complacency. In “March of Progress”, Matt Flegel sings about how buildings are build to break. Here, he says the same thing about humanity. We’re not meant to live forever. We inevitably die of old age so that future generations can take our place. We are often complacent towards tragedies and deaths, most of the times because these fataliti… read more
Death, violence, and terror are horrifying, when experienced up close and personal, or “without distortion”. This apt reaction is turned into boredom… read more
Death, violence, and terror are horrifying, when experienced up close and personal, or “without distortion”. This apt reaction is turned into boredom when it is given to us as cold facts… read more
Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band, that formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women, vocalist/bassist Matt Flegel and drummer Mike Wallace, as well as guitarists Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen. The group's musical style has been described as "labyrinthine post-punk". The band frequently faced controversy over their original name, involving accusations of both racism and cultural appropriation because of the name's association with the original Vietnamese Viet Cong. In Mar… read more
Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band, that formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women, vocalist/bassist… read more
Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band, that formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women, vocalist/bassist Matt Flegel and drummer Mike Wallace, as well… read more