Dead Pioneers Take On Colonialism With “Mythical Cowboys” Single

Denver’s Dead Pioneers will release their new album, PO$T AMERICAN, on 11th April via Hassle Records. Fronted by renowned visual and performance artist Gregg Deal, a North American Indigenous vocalist, the band unapologetically confronts social, political, and cultural issues, a focus central to their identity. Today the band offers another taste of PO$T AMERICAN with their new single, Mythical Cowboys. “In 1990, when I was a sophomore in high school, ‘Dances with Wolves’ came out. Like many, in the initial viewing of what would later win an Oscar for best film, I was enamoured and confused. Seeing something Indigenously familiar when you’re young can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming, to be sure, but something was amiss. Without the language to articulate what it I...

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