Sym Gharial opens up about how he has changed as a person through working on Primitive Ignorant, reflecting on his past in Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, and Piano Wire alongside the chaos that ensued. Here, he goes in deep on the new music in the form of ‘Psychic Cinema’, becoming a parent and new and emerging creative inspirations.
Credit: Steve Gullick
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Buy a ticket to the PSYCHIC CINEMA and you’ll find ten dreams to decode. Ten fragments to articulate the human condition. Its paranoia and exhilaration. Its beautiful contradiction. Ten shots at understanding the complexities of one’s own identity and purpose.
Sym had his 1st acting experience this year, playing a frantic Headmaster in a new Troma movie, Eating Miss Campbell. Seeing himself be someone else onscreen was weirdly profound and has guided his songwriting, generating mental images of a life experienced through music. A vivid collage of worries and celebrations, obsessions and dreams.
Take your seat and watch it unfold into an intimate yet widescreen snapshot of a chaotic life in Britain today. Cos in your dreams, anything goes – but hard truths lurk in those ludicrous visions. And maybe decoding your demons and desires keeps you one step ahead of the past, allowing it to be recast it as a pedestal of power, a signpost to progress and happiness, to peace and love.
“Primitive Ignorant is my need to unravel and examine my sense of Britishness and belonging; via people and music, politics and football; from failure to celebration. Coming from a different country and growing up in an aspirational family on a London estate, seeing the world with bands and now, as a parent, newly transplanted to Manchester, where it all feels different again. New scenery, people and music to reframe how I view myself and how I’m seen by others. Always the same, always different.” – Symren Gharial
The same is true of PSYCHIC CINEMA’s musical heritage. The first album had help from friends like Joe Talbot and Mick Jones. This time, Sym has overcome frontman anxiety to step up to the mic for most of the vocals. His touchstones remain – always bass first – but every great record he assimilates expands what Primitive Ignorant can be. Lately that’s been Young Fathers, Yves Tumor, Nadine Shah, Algiers, Ghostpoet, Ghost Town, Weatherall, Ashnikko, Warmduscher and Viagra Boys. And, as always, Sandinista and Iggy Pop (who inspired both POWER and the album’s cover snap by Mr Steve Gullick, a nod to Lust For Life’s sleeve).
For more visit: https://primitiveignorant.bandcamp.com/
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