First Look: Hostilities – ‘NØ COWARDS’

Hostilities  Location: Portland, Oregon Album: NØ COWARDS, out April 15 via Bullet Tooth   While we tend to remember the cutesy elements (Toto the dog, the ruby slippers, songs) the world of The Wizard of Oz is incredibly dark, especially if you too were scarred by that horrifying/delightful sequel. Anthropomorphic creatures lacking basic human characteristics, two witches dueling for the souls of others, the literal curtain being pulled aside to reveal the wealth of corruption and lies. So much of that world mirrors our own, where people act like animals, systems of oppression are emboldened still, and the music of the popular world is catchy but never anything I’d listen to on purpose (sorry!). Hostilities have nothing outwardly similar to Oz, however their harrowing journey through huma...

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