Held a day after Triple J announced they were changing the Hottest 100 date, the Aria awards promise plenty of politics at the podium
In a recent interview, Gang of Youths’ frontman, David Le’aupepe made reference to the “arc” of his, life. “The whole point of [Gang of Youths’ latest album] Go Farther In Lightness was to make … the arc of my life, more or less, about the process of repairing,” he told The Music.
It makes sense that Le’aupepe, lead singer of the Sydney five-piece, thinks of his life like a story, with character arcs, emotional journeys and Big Themes. The band’s albums are constructed like Homeric poems, full of lessons and trials and tests. They are grand indie epics made in the image of Arcade Fire’s Funeral and Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run, which – coupled with electrifying live shows – have poised the band to clear up at tonight’s Aria awards.
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