Words: Sam Geary
Ahead of the release of new album 'Western Culture' on November 9 through Moshi Moshi, 23-year-old Mancunian Kiran Leonard shares the album's centrepiece 'Legacy Of Neglect'.
The eight-minute long track - which features backing vocals from Let's Eat Grandma - says Leonard, "chiefly about two things. Culture, and the weird dual meaning of the word: how it's a concept necessarily in constant flux, in dialogue with a rapidly transforming society, yet also one that many people regard as something static and possessed, a 'heritage' you can draw on when the world seems precarious and alien and antagonistic.
"Secondly, history and class: bad analyses of terrible socio-political developments from people who should know better, invariably ahistorical, patronising, disingenuous, devoid of empathy, etc. Let it be said that fascism never was, never will be, a popular movement; it has always been a creation and servant of the elite and the privileged. Consider the actual architects of bigoted violence, and the refuse of our sad histories. Consider where vulgarity actually comes from."
Listen below, and scroll down for upcoming tour dates.
UK/Ireland dates
OCTOBER
20 Oxford, Ritual Union
22 Leicester, Cookie
23 Cambridge, Portland Arms
24 Guildford, Boileroom
25 York, Crescent
26 Huddersfield, Parish
27 Stockton, Georgian Theatre
21 Galway, Roisin Dubh
NOVEMBER
22 Dublin, Whelans
23 Limerick, Kasbah Social
24 Cork, Cyprus Avenue
26 Brighton, Green Door Store
27 London, MOTH Club
28 Manchester, Soup Kitchen
29 Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
30 Glasgow, Hug & Pint
DECEMBER
01 Newcastle, Cumberland Arms
03 Norwich, Arts Centre
04 Bristol, Rough Trade
05 Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
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