a b Yates, Rod (13 April 2015). "Gang of Youths – The Positions Review". Rolling Stone Australia . Retrieved 28 August 2017.

In your notes for the media you mentioned the influence of Wilco’s “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” on this song as well. So when you talk about doing four or five different versions of a song, that certainly fits with that album’s whole vibe of building it up and tearing it down. Gang of Youths return with Angel in Realtime. The album is about the life and legacy of Dave's father, indigenous identity, death, grief and God. And also the Angel, Islington. You’ve said this song is about how scared you are to bring kids into the world without your dad around. I like the idea of you imagining your kid in the kitchen and there’s this painting of your dad kind of presiding over the family even though he’s not there bodily. Gang Of Youths Release Video For 'Magnolia' ". Universal Music Publishing Group. 13 August 2015 . Retrieved 13 July 2023. I understand this one is about feeling burned out doing a bunch of shows after your father died? That’s what the “I’m only in it for the money!” hook is about.Gang Of Youths Drop 'Poison Drum' Clip And Headline Dates". The Music. 8 July 2014 . Retrieved 13 July 2023. This one is about meeting and falling in love with your wife in New York, and then moving to London with her. Can you talk about the role that she plays within the fabric of the album? the original vinyl, of which 500 units were made only, has become quite the sought-after item amongst gang of youths fans worldwide, and so on its 5-year anniversary, comes a special edition of let me be clear, on clear vinyl. LE’AUPEPE: Yeah, it’s supposed to be one whole song, but we split it up into two because I had the idea of putting a dash, “hand of god” / “goal of the century.” Diego Maradona, when he scored the Hand of God, the most villainous goal in World Cup history, four minutes later he ended up scoring one of the most beautiful goals in football history. I don’t know if that’s coincidence or what. The Positions was recorded over three years, and its sound, according to frontman David Le'aupepe, reflects the struggles he went through in that time: "I went through a marriage breakdown, a suicide attempt, drug problem, and everything during the middle of it so the record reflect a lot of that." He continued: "There’s grime where there should be grime, there’s perfection where there should be perfection." [6]

following the release of 'let me be clear' which debuted at #2 on the aria album charts, gang of youths went on to release the #1, aria album, 'go farther in lightness,' which went on to win 4 aria awards, including aria album of the year, in 2017.

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In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked The Positions at number 89 in their list of the 200 greatest Australian albums of all time. [5] Production and recording [ edit ] The band recently finished an arena tour as special guests to Sam Fender, played a selection of rapidly sold-out headline shows, and played an unforgettable performance of 'the angel on 8th ave' on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Yeah, I mean, that's how I grew up! Some [punks] might not agree that it's punk because they're too busy listening to music that is insular or whatever... Because punk has been coopted by kids who want to be cool now instead of kids who had no hope of being cool and had to gravitate toward something that... I like to feel that [the album's] in some ways it's just me, and if that's punk then that's great because that's a scene I loved and was raised in. I'm weary of that title as well because with that four letter word comes a whole litany of really bullshitty, arbitrary, cultural distinctions. Despite and indeed because of frontman Dave Le’aupepe’s father’s absence, his influence permeates every talking point that the album offers. At times it’s solely focused upon the precise, personal experiences of loss: the dichotomy of intensity and peace that comes as someone passes through their final days; the overwhelming feeling in the wake of their death that life will never be the same, even if the rest of the world at large remains utterly unchanged.