No train in vain – INDIGNATION MEETING arrive on time with new album, ‘Model World’

PUNKY rail fans from Leeds INDIGNATION MEETING follow up their self-released debut album ‘Trouble In The Shed,’ with new long-player, ‘A Model World’ (via Damaged Goods Records).

15-year-old Peter heads up the band, he’s the drummer, lead singer, writes the majority of the songs, plays bass and trumpet. The rest of the crew is dad Michael (guitar), Hugo (bass), along with Keith, Heather and Sally who often join for the ride.

‘A Model World’ features more songs about railways and trains, some geography and politics, and just like their debut album, is full of catchy tunes and smart lyrics.

“The song ‘Case Study’ is a commentary on the ‘sensationalisation’ of disasters, when there’s a massive tragedy and people at home just sit in their comfy sofas, watching the news and drinking tea,” said Peter. “We know what’s going on, but we can just choose to turn off the TV and forget it ever happened and continue with our lives. It also relates to the dehumanisation of those disasters you experience in school, where you have to write essays on someone who’s just become homeless. It seems quite heartless sometimes.

“And on ‘Just For The Record,’ there is too much misinformation in the media these days, and one case I found particularly egregious was the gross misrepresentation of the strikers, who aren’t so evil as the media want you to believe.”

And switching tracks, ‘Typically English Day’ is a tribute to punk legend, Mark Astronaut. “Although there were many songs we could’ve picked to cover, it only seemed right to punk up one of his most popular ones, and one of the main ones that got me into the Astronauts in the first place, ‘Typically English Day.’ It’s a heart-wrenching tale of an elderly couple trapped in the middle of a nuclear war, following their last moments before their inevitable demise,” added Peter.

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