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THE SOUNDTRACK TO INSANITY

There are effectively two categories of people alive in 2020: those whose mental health and overall sanity have taken a meteoric nosedive since January, and those who aren’t paying enough attention to the world around them. It feels like these past ten months have lasted a decade each, what with the bushfires, floods, global health crisis, economic downfall, rise in Western neo-fascism, etcetera, etcetera… Can you tell we’re a little bit jaded?

The music industry has especially taken one hell of a kick to its metaphorical crotch. Most bands out there can’t tour, push records out on schedule or get out and about with their fans – it’s not a great time to be on the precipice of your mainstream breakthrough, to say the least. And if you’re active

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