Rock ’n’ roll is the “ancient technology” they wield to jolt the mind and ignite disruption. Escape-ism refuses the empty ritual of nostalgic masturbation, that self-indulgent stroking of the past to numb the present. Instead, through stripped-down sounds and sharp lyrics, it forces a radical reconfiguration of our collective life: a sonic ideology meant to wake you up from the disguised nightmare we’re in.