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It feels like only yesterday when touring across the United States was one of the greatest dreams the vast majority of bands in the world shared. What a difference a piece of shit president makes. With each passing day, as Trump’s unimaginably horrific, misguided and illegal policies continue to destroy America’s values, economy, reputation, health, security and overall well-being, bands are having to think much harder about whether it’s even wise to tour here anymore.

Over the past few months, The Bad Penny‘s On Tyranny series – which focuses on how fascism directly impacts musicians artistically, professionally and emotionally – has primary revolved around conversations with American artists. (The series started a couple of years ago with a focus on musicians living under authoritarian regimes around the world.)

In this installment, we once again touch base with a musician based outside the U.S., this time not to learn about how artists can survive, cope and/or adapt to life in a fascist society, but what impacts America’s accelerating death spiral is having on those living beyond the country’s borders.

To that end, yesterday, we connected with Jonás A.D.C., who is the vocalist, guitarist, alto saxophonist and harmonica player for Mexico City-based Diles Que No Me Maten. The devoutly original band is catching on quickly across the world with their compelling combination of experimental music, post-punk, avant-garde, krautrock, psychedelic music and slowcore. Their new album, Escrito en Agua, arrives June 12 via Moonlight Activities.

Jonás, a thoughtful, mild-mannered and sweet-to-the-core human being, shared his experiences traveling through, and views about, the past and present state of the U.S. – and how this whole shit-show might play out.

For more on Diles Que No Me Maten, visit their Bandcamp page and Instagram account.

The On Tyranny archive – which includes interviews with LAPêCHE, J. Robbins, Cheap Perfume and more than 100 other artists – is here.

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