Punk rock, Islam and politics
“I’m really into a lot of Tooth & Nail bands from the ’90s,” he says. “That record label was putting out unique bands that probably wouldn’t have gotten any attention or any sort of distribution had Tooth & Nail not been involved with them.”
Williams, who converted to Islam about fourteen years ago, is particularly drawn to Islamic history and spirituality, and he explores it on numerous songs. The album’s second track, “Rabia’s Sleep Song,” takes inspiration from a story attributed to eighth-century Muslim saint and Sufi mystic Rabia Basri. In the story, Rabia is holding a pail of water in one hand and a pail of burning coals in the other.
“I don’t want to have a pearl-clutching view of it and say this is the worst America has ever been, sort of a liberal approach,” he explains. “This isn’t the worst America has to offer. If you go back to the nineteenth century, all these things are a very common current in American politics and culture.”
“VHS [is attractive] for a lot of people [because] the aesthetic of it feels nostalgic,” Williams says. “It’s sort of like a visual nostalgia no matter what it is. There’s something that’s sort of a relic about VHS.”
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