Futurology

[manicbill]

Originally Posted by Porco

The View From Stow Hill
Hmm. 'Not feeling it' as they say. Maybe it'll grow on me. I don't mind it until the misguided tweets and sad face booking bit, then the music just goes on in a bit of a dreary fashion too after a moody and interesting start. My least favourite track on the album as of now. 5.5/10

I think I appreciate the lyrics more now that I know he's referring to the Chartists (read about it here) and the line about the bullet holes really hits hard re: Hobsbawm's warning of a post-Cold War "permanent present"