The Painful Truth

As artists we feel compelled to ask ourselves: what is an appropriate response to the systemic abuses of power with their deceitful justifications that are ruining our world and causing the needless deaths of millions, all in the name of profit? We Do Not Forget is the result of grappling with that question for the past few years.

The record was made between 2020-2024; a period of great turbulence, challenge & trauma for the world. It embodies a journey of processing all that has gone on during that time. This involved coming to terms with power structures that exploit us and our world for profit, often in horrific and inhumane ways, a reckoning with historical arcs of trauma, reframing a lifetime through the lens of undiagnosed neurodivergence and pandemic burnout.

Stories shape our cognitive framework. We've spent much of our lives unpicking the stories that underpin our shared reality and joining dots that help us form a more coherent map of the way things really work. This record features a wide array of voices including the poets June Jordan, Gwendolyn Brooks & Mr Gee; authors bell hooks, Richard Bach & Lorraine Hansberry, Mint Press CEO Mnar Adley and many more. We Do Not Forget is a also tribute to these visionary thinkers who contributed hugely to that map of reality.

We Do Not Forget consists of 2 separate releases. The CD version (exclusive to Ampwall and Bandcamp) is an 8 track mini-album bundled with a hand-illustrated 28-page zine. The digital release is a 5 track EP available on all other platforms. All of the previously released material on the record has been either remixed, remastered or both to sound as fresh and tasty as possible.