Like many, I came here for that email because it was out of the blue and had no clickthrough for me. Just there, waving. Can’t see it on their official socials either, so a very specific audience got it.
First thing I did was to look up the “decline & fall” phrase because I am that basic, and it relates to Evelyn Waugh’s first published novel of a similar same name – the sentences before aren’t out there in that manner, so the red font highlight and title of the comm... The lads/Wire never promote a phrase without a meaning or nudge behind it no matter how esoteric, nor re: an author who has some connection in the past.
Is it a first book > first album thing? Equally, the font degradation is a good spot and perhaps seen as the sands of time ebbing away?
I can waste more time overthinking this but glad someone is having fun over there, watching the fans wonder.
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