This supposedly radical indie rock band just posted a 17 page screed against “authoritarian” communism with classic digs at China, the USSR, Stalin, and Mao plus Free Tibet nonsense. The reason for this post? Dubious claims that Stalin shot avant garde and experimental musicians with them citing Shostakovich and Ligeti, two composers who were never killed by the USSR, as examples lol
Their sole source, aside from telling people to google lol, is The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
Disappointing to see several good musicians like this post though
Nobody gets a gold star for being a baseline human about Palestine and Gaza. And cops and AI(?) is easily counterbalanced by this lib shit. Sounds like they’re just bandwagoners.
They pulled their music from Spotify and left Amazon in protest, and they put out an unhinged anti cop-city screed. I feel like they’re doing slightly more than most bands. But also, what is your expectation? They’re a band.
The baseline human thing is the key point from my comment. Your expectations are far too low. I don’t know why being a band makes them less moral. Are musicians stupid or something?