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Video: Moxham Ave, Laundry & erosion
New video for old friends.
Lots of love! Aroha nui.
See they knocked down Moxham?
Built 4 townhouses
Spent all those years
Trying to shake that fear
And the storm hits hard
On the south coast homes
And the hills erode
You were right to go
I promise I will
Do my level best to make out next year
Give me a call when you can
We lived our lives on top of this – album out now!
The album is a clarion call to link arms and stop traffic. It’s an ode to the kindness of old friends. A forlorn wail for the never-ending pursuit of peace. It’s a defiant sprint down an empty suburban street. A lament for the inexorable erosion of hills. A document of true love.
The title is a line from an Elizabeth Strout book called ‘Oh William!’. We’re all perfect and broken and we all have these stories beneath us and between us. We build lives upon lives and we leave things unsaid.
USA-style individualism and belief in meritocracy is flawed and harmful. That kind of thinking leads to selfishness, discrimination and indifference to the less fortunate.
Everyone works hard but only some people get lucky. Once we accept that, we can work with each other for good.