After last week's exploration through our (potential) cyberpunk dystopia, this time we're looking for more hope. Hopepunk is a subgenre of fiction built on community action and righteous anger; the music we play could be the soundtrack to a brand new day. Amid the conversation, check out awesome songs by Bad Brains, Muse, melodysheep.
Playlist
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The Future is a Foreign Land by Ghost on Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista) - Break
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Fall Back Down by Rancid on Indestructible (Hellcat) -
For Those Who Have Gathered by Hang Massive on Wisdom in the Roots (Hang Music) -
Dry The Rain by The Beta Band on The Three E.P.s (Astralwerks) - Break
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Featured Attitude by Bad Brains on Bad Brains (ROIR) -
Drifting Around the Sun / Summer Loving by 高速道路 DREAMS on 夏休み / SUMMERHOLIDAY (Aloe Emporium) -
Team The Best Team by Doomtree on No Kings (Doomtree) - Break
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Featured Knights of Cydonia by Muse on Black Holes and Revelations (Warner Bros) -
Nanbu Ushioi-Uta by Kiyoshi Yamaya, Toshiko Yonekawa, Kifu Mitsuhashi on Wamono Groove: Shakuhachi & Koto Jazz Funk ’76 (180g) -
Marigold by Wagging on Real People Great Radio Vol. 2 (103.3 AshevilleFM) - Break
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Indomitable (feat. Northern Cree Singers) by DJ Shub on PowWowStep (Self-Released) -
There Is Power In A Union (John Peel session, 20th August 1985) by Billy Bragg on Best of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983 - 2019 (Cooking Vinyl) -
The Victory Dance by Paescod on Live at Tewkesbury Medieval Festival 1999 (Self-Released) - Break
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Take My Hand by Matt Berry on Witchazel (Acid Jazz) -
Merchandise by Fugazi on Repeater + 3 Songs (Dischord) -
Featured Let Us All Unite (Charlie Chaplin) by melodysheep on Remixes For The Soul Vol. II (Self-Released) - Break
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Shiny Is The View by Cosmo Sheldrake on Eye To The Ear (Tardigrade)