Kate Farquharson of Second Idol writes an op-ed detailing her experiences growing up in a hometown tainted by colonialism, a sentiment that inspired the band's latest single 'Postcolonial Blues'.

There is a weight one carries, not in the hands but in the marrow; a heaviness born before breath, pressed into the bones by the machinery of empire. To grow up in a colonial world is to walk among ruins built on the backs of others, to drink from wells dug by hands long vanished, to inherit comforts stitched with invisible suffering. History is not past; it is a presence, a shadow cast across every field, every street, every quiet morning.  It is the knowledge that one's ease rests on another’s erasure, that the soil itself bears the memory of blood. Reckoning does not cleanse; it exposes. And in that exposure, a question gnaws: how to stand upright while history’s weight bears down, how to move forward without forgetting who paid the price.

"This song is me trying to make sense of my place in the world and how I reconcile calling Australia home."

Second Idol · Single · 2025 · 3 songs

Eora/Sydney-based post-punk/goth band Second Idol are known for their music that speaks to the community. Their latest track, the haunting “Postcolonial Blues”, is a prime example. We are delighted to...

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