ROYA SHARES POLITICALLY CHARGED “END TIMES” SONG AND VIDEO
Independent
Lead singer Rahill Jamilifard accompanied the politically charged track and video with the following statement:
“I wrote this song almost a year ago on the eve of a heightened political regression that IΒ felt was happening both in and outside of America. At the time there was a lot of unjust violence happening between cops and minorities, there was also a universal backlash of even more hatred towards different groups of people who were religiously, ethnically, and politically divided. I made this video out of that frustration, using a montage of footage from one hundred years of our worlds violent and disturbing history.”
“Almost jokingly, I added footage of Donald Trump, not with the slightest belief that someone so vile could ever possibly be taken serious as a political candidate, and yet today heβs become our nationβs president. I share this video as an expression of my personal frustration but also as an act of unification and solidarity for all of us who are feeling frightened and worried about each others well being. We must continue to fight for our rights and our beliefs, even in the darkest times we must carry forward and find the light. God speed to us all!”
RoyaΒ is a six piece band fromΒ BrooklynΒ with a strong pedigree: singer Rahill Jamilifard frontsΒ Habibi, drummer Hamish Kilgour is a member of legendary bandΒ The Clean, Jay Heiselmann is from the critically acclaimedΒ Grooms,Β and bassistΒ Alix BrownΒ is previously ofΒ The Lids, Jay ReatardΒ andΒ Golden Triangle. Their sound is a melodically drivenΒ somber post punk, with an earnest emphasis on lyrics.
Roya
[Single]
(Independent)
Release Date: November 2016