[Shaun]

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We are right now in the beginning of a climate and ecological crisis, and we need to call it what it is: an emergency. We must acknowledge that we do not have the situation under control, and that we don't have all the solutions yet; unless those solutions mean that we simply stop doing certain things. We must admit that we are losing this battle. We have to acknowledge that the older generations have failed. All political movements in their present form have failed, but Homo sapiens have not yet failed. Yes, we are failing, but there is still time to turn everything around. We can still fix this. We still have everything in our own hands, but unless we recognise the overall failures of our current systems, we most probably don't stand a chance.

We  are facing a disaster of unspoken sufferings for enormous amounts of people, and now is not the time for speaking politely or focusing on what we can or cannot say. Now is the time to speak clearly. Solving the climate crisis is the greatest and most complex challenge that Homo sapiens have ever faced. The main solution, however, is so simple that even a small child can understand it: we have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gases, and either we do that, or we don't. You say that nothing in life is black or white, but that is a lie, a very dangerous lie. Either we prevent a 1.5 degree of warming, or we don't; either we avoid setting off that irreversible chain reaction beyond human control, or we don't; either we choose to go on as a civilization, or we don't. That is as black or white as it gets because there are no grey areas when it comes to survival.

Now  we all have a choice: we can create transformational action that will safeguard the living conditions for future generations, or we can continue with our business as usual and fail. That is up to you and me. And yes, we need a system change rather than individual change, but you cannot have one without the other. If you look through history, all the big changes in society have been started by people at the grassroots level—people like you and me. So, I ask you to please wake up and make the changes required possible. To do your best is no longer good enough. We must all do the seemingly impossible. Today, we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day. There are no politics to change that; there are no rules to keep that oil in the ground. So, we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change, and it has to start today. So, everyone out there, it is now time for civil disobedience. It is time to rebel.

Greta

There's a countdown to their first proper single from the record which should arrive on August 22, too. It's apparently called "People".

[MB.]

I was going to post something naively premature like "we stan the first band to win two consecutive Best Album Brits" but of course Arctic Monkeys went and did that first, didn't they

[Shaun]

it'll also be February 2020, which is usually past the cut-off point for BRITS nominations i think???

[MB.]

Ah right, yeah I thought I'd remembered reading that it would be out this year but evidently my brain skipped over the "out 2020" part of the title

[Morgan.]

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I feel attacked. I’m not sure if this is their new sound and will run throughout the album because if it is I’m definitely not buying it

[Jordan.]

People is a bop, here for them switching it up. I'll actually be disappointed if they don't come through with a punk influenced album now.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

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I feel attacked. I’m not sure if this is their new sound and will run throughout the album because if it is I’m definitely not buying it

[Morgan.]

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[MB.]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

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I feel attacked. I’m not sure if this is their new sound and will run throughout the album because if it is I’m definitely not buying it

Notes on a Conditional Form? more like Nopes on a Conditional Form!

[Shaun]

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[Ammi]

...I really like it a lot but I can’t imagine revisiting it and listening to it very much, though.../..not sure why...

[Shaun]

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