You Don’t Have to Be an Accelerationist to Acknowledge That It Is All Fucking Collapsing

Grayson Haver Currin: “You don’t have to be an accelerationist to acknowledge that it is all fucking collapsing. The only terrifying thing is that the future is either fascism or liberation,” he says, landing on a line he repeats six times during the 10 hours or so we spend speaking. “There is no center anymore, and there has to be a negation of the status quo. The status quo is a dead, rotting whale carcass on a beach. It’s going to explode. I still feel hopeful, you know?” A day before the band announced its 2024 LP, it published a simple black-and-white illustration, the sun cresting through clouds above two helicopters: “War is coming. Don’t give up. Hang on. Pick a side. Love,” it read, the vagary of Godspeed’s long-standing “hope” now updated into a call to action. When I saw Godspeed in North Carolina, months before I asked Menuck if I might come see him, I bought a hoodie bearing that slogan; corny as this sounds, it felt both weirdly comforting and empowering. The last time…

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