1919 – Citizens Of Nowhere

Normally I’m not one for first impressions but the cover of 1919’s new full length, Citizens Of Nowhere, gives you a good idea of where they are coming from, at least politically if not musically. The album title and mock blue passport cover, with it’s bastardised motto, no god no king (pas de dieu pas de roi) instead of god and my right (dieu et mon droit), tells you that 1919 are among those who know that the UK’s decision to commit to Brexit was at best a catastrophic mistake, and at worst an epic act of self harm. But what of the soundtrack? The origins of 1919 go way back to the roots of post punk and the UK’s burgeoning goth scene in the decade that taste forgot, the eighties. Those of a certain age may remember the original incarnation of the band, they recorded two sessions for the...

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