For a group with such a weighty ambit, pre_occupations can actually be fun as hell to watch live. By end of their performances, usually half the members are fully shirtless. See for yourself Wednesday night at rickshawstopsf.
As the lead vocalist for the Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations, Matt Flegel has spent years demonstrating his dim outlook on human behavior. His songs are rife with references to greed, selfishness and cruelty, evidenced by song titles like “Pointless Experience,” “Anxiety” and “Death.”
“It is pretty wild because a lot of those lyrics were written down in 2019 and by the first few months of 2020, a good chunk of them were coming true,” said Flegel, whose band will play at the Rickshaw Stop on Wednesday. “It was definitely these weird Nostradamus predictions, which is not a good sign. If the world is trending toward the shit that I write about, I think we are all in trouble.”
“I think it’s important to open the window and get some fresh air into songs,” said Flegel. “We were definitely trying to be a bit more conscious of that on “Arrangements.” I think there are always going to be moments where we kind of want to pummel people to the point of it being unbearable — to test ourselves more than anything. But then we always pull back from there.”
Flegel said there is little chance of the twosome getting onstage together to play Women songs , although he did say that Patrick will likely join for some Preoccupations tunes.
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