Preoccupations
Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band, that formed in Calgary, Alber… Read Full Bio ↴Preoccupations are a Canadian post-punk band, that formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women, vocalist/bassist Matt Flegel and drummer Mike Wallace, as well as guitarists Scott Munro and Daniel Christiansen. The group's musical style has been described as "labyrinthine post-punk".
The band frequently faced controversy over their original name, involving accusations of both racism and cultural appropriation because of the name's association with the original Vietnamese Viet Cong. In March 2015, the band was set to perform at Oberlin College, but the show was canceled due to their "offensive name".
In September 2015, the band announced that they were going to change their name: "We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past". On March 29, 2016, the Canadian music magazine Exclaim! reported that the band were still booking shows under the name Viet Cong, and began running a real-time "Days since Viet Cong promised to change their name" counter on the magazine's website.
On April 21, 2016, Flegel announced in a Pitchfork interview that the band would henceforth be performing and recording under the name "Preoccupations".
The band frequently faced controversy over their original name, involving accusations of both racism and cultural appropriation because of the name's association with the original Vietnamese Viet Cong. In March 2015, the band was set to perform at Oberlin College, but the show was canceled due to their "offensive name".
In September 2015, the band announced that they were going to change their name: "We are a band who wants to make music and play our music for our fans. We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past". On March 29, 2016, the Canadian music magazine Exclaim! reported that the band were still booking shows under the name Viet Cong, and began running a real-time "Days since Viet Cong promised to change their name" counter on the magazine's website.
On April 21, 2016, Flegel announced in a Pitchfork interview that the band would henceforth be performing and recording under the name "Preoccupations".
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Preoccupations Lyrics
Advisor Put in my place, I can’t stand the way it tastes. Can’t…
Antidote Sending current down the barbed wire Burning currency in bon…
Anxiety With a sense of urgency and unease Second-guessing just abou…
Bunker Buster Go where, go where fluorescent primates teem And wind throug…
Continental Shelf When all is said and done You'll be around until you're…
Dark Entries Caressing bent up to the jug again With sheaths and pills In…
Death Anchored to the bottom, you can see the current Situation be…
Death of Melody Faces that I don't even recognize Replace the faces that I…
Decompose Blind, spinning and out of phase Rioting in rolling waves …
Degraded We're throwing caution to the wind We are consistent in our…
Disarray Disarray, disarray, disarray Disarray, disarray, disarray Di…
Doubt Falling in and out of line I don't understand what everybody…
Espionage The chances seemed so slim They will never get out of…
Fever Imitating your intentions Waking up to watch you walk away R…
Fix Bayonets! I stopped to start and think about the fire burning on…
Forbidden Everyone is floating by the graveside Everyone is foreign wh…
Manipulation Sinking through stone Reasons for being come so slowly Placi…
March of Progress Lately there's a wound that needs some healing soon Before t…
Memory Necessary but against your better judgment You were being ov…
Monotony Destroy and cast away Blue, translucent days Relapse and ric…
Newspaper Spoons Writhing violence essentially without distortion Wired silen…
Oxygen Feed Skeletons in between Tubes from the oxygen feed Signal fire …
Pointless Experience Poisonous precedence A pointless experience Accidental taxid…
Recalibrate Severed ties wading in shallow tides. Radio waves in knots, …
Ricochet Overexposing the photographs, we see what we pretend we can …
Sense Send your light on the element again You, trying to make…
Silhouettes Stained unnecessarily, unrestrained inevitability Overwhelme…
Slowly Take me away from unnecessary conversations. Faithlessly pat…
Solace Uncertainty on demand Currently it's an emergency And we nee…
Static Wall Keep the fire from going out In the shadow of a…
Stimulation When [?] got murdered, we were all observers Sadly so amused…
Structureless Design Satellites wax and wane Alternating the same Dark projection…
Tearing up the Grass I can barely remember why we came here at all…
Throw It Away Bottles on the table feel too empty Fill them up so…
Unconscious Melody I don't want a wave to come carry me under It's…
Zodiac Another circumstance to blame We're all reluctantly engaged …