Bryan Giles , guitarist and vocalist in Red Fang , believes that both extreme sides of the political spectrum are far from reason – and the cover of the band's new album, Arrows , reflects some of that.
The artwork, created by Orion Landau, was designed to impress and reflect the social scrutiny of current times, in which cancel culture is at the center of the debate.
In an interview with Wikimetal , Giles discussed his view of the current situation. “These are very, very strange times to be human. Everyone’s gone crazy, man. The right is crazy, the left is crazy, nothing makes any sense to me,” he declared emphatically. “Extreme leftism is just as bad as the extreme right; it’s intolerance.”
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One of the examples cited by the musician was the decision by the publisher of Dr. Seuss , one of the best-known children's authors in the United States, to stop publishing some books due to racist content, in a case similar to that of the Brazilian author Monteiro Lobato . “We are not idiots, I don't think children are idiots. I don't think a child who reads Dr. Seuss becomes racist; it's not a children's book that causes racism, it's the parents who do it. How about canceling the parents?” he suggested.
In Giles' view, both sides of the dispute are disoriented. "It's ridiculous. I'm a very liberal person, but it's difficult to see it from this superficial perspective. It's a culture war. In wars, objective thinking is necessary, but nobody is thinking straight now!", he concluded.
Arrows Red Fang 's fifth studio album , was released last Friday, the 4th, with the singles "Funeral Coach" and "Why" .
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