Brand New Ancients

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You would never know, reading this, that London was an international city; the prospect of multiple cultures never darkens this doorstep. Honest, insightful, heart wrenching, fun, philosophical, angry, inspired, revolutionary, hopeful, ironic, and pragmatic all with an internal rhythm that you can't help but be pulled along into. They received Mercury Music Prize nominations for both of the albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos , and two Ivor Novello nominations for their song-writing on The Book of Traps and Lessons . Un'umanità, quella di Tempest, primordiale e barbara che ha forti legami con l'arcaico e con l'antichità.

I first came across Kate Tempest’s poetry in 2018, when I bought her collection Running Upon the Wires on a whim. This studio production of her acclaimed stage show captures her unique blend of street poetry, rap and storytelling.Leggerlo in inglese dà un valore aggiunto, permette di carpire tutta la musicalità del testo originale; bella la storia delle persone comuni come noi, che ricordano le antiche divinità. The main focus of the poem is a group of young people growing up today in difficult circumstances, people who find the struggle of their childhood following them into adulthood and impacting their actions.

I fear the culture industry in this country is about to eat Kate Tempest on toast, because she does a lot of things the country at large sort of wants to do: be edgy in a nondescript post Guy Ritchie kind of way, think about foreign countries only when they can sort of be used by British people, and kind of tamp down any possibility for meaningful change. I really wanted to like this idea but couldn’t help being a bit disappointed in the end because I felt that the two sides of it – the ancient myths and the variations of modern-day heroism – were only loosely connected. I really love the parallels between the storyline of the two generations and the one more abstract about the « gods of the every day». Tempest’s work as a rapper is clear, and I think Brand New Ancients works best read aloud to really appreciate the work that has gone into crafting this poem. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

I like her insights into modern urban life, and applying that epic vibe ("the Gods are in the toilets having unprotected sex". Their books have been translated into eleven languages and published to critical acclaim around the world.