Ekko Astral have returned with a new song called ‘Pomegranate Tree’. It follows June’s ‘Holocaust Remembrance Day’. Check out a video for the song below.
“It’s exhaustingly heartbreaking to watch a symbol of your childhood community transform into a symbol for genocide, or to watch people you used to respect defend the actions of an extremist right-wing government,” drummer Miri Tyler said of the single. “Jael and I grew up Jewish in America. We were taught we had a ‘homeland’ that we had an obligation to. We were *not* taught about the human beings that lived there prior. We were taught to celebrate victories. We were taught simply that they hated us. We were taught that this violence was righteous. But there is no such thing as righteous genocide, and experts around the world agree– including Jewish survivors of the Holocaust – the violence being carried out by the IOF is indeed genocidal. And the fact that these atrocities are being carried out in the name of our faith, culture, and community– well, it’s enough to keep us up at night.”
Ekko Astral’s debut LP, pink balloons, dropped in April. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Ekko Astral.
