Radiohead

 Radiohead

The band formed in a school in the 1980s and would perform gigs around oxford before going on hiatus to attend university. The got back together in 1991 and made a demo and were quickly picked up. Their first single was a flop as the music was considered depressing and unfitting for the time. Their second and third singles saw amazing success in the US. The bands lead singer was not a fan of the limelight and was often critical of through mainstream American audiences that made him famous.
They had to major albums, ok computer and the bends, meaning that they had the creative freedom to do whatever they wanted away from record companies.
In 2007 they left their label and digitally released their next album in rainbows and allowed fans to pay however much they want.
They then released their next album a day before release without letting anyone know leaving it for only dedicated fans to discover this.in 2016 Radiohead deleted their entire social media presence and fading into social obscurity. They then released 

Fandom 


Trumpton

-Old children's tv show which began in the 1960's using stop motion animation
-Like sesame street in the US, Trumpton has a sort of cultural significant in British culture.
-Trumpton is supposed to represent the ideal life in Britain with no crime and everyone getting along
-Noel Gallagher even credited a line from Champagne Supernova with inspiration from the show 
-Trumpton represents a sort of myth about peaceful British life which has never really existed

Wickerman

-Wickerman is a 1973 movie about a police officer looking for a missing child on an island
-He finds that the island live in a quaint little village where everyone gets along
-The islanders are all pagan  and plan to sacrifice the police officer to the gods

Burn the witch

Was released in 2016 at the same time as Brexit and the election of a well known tribal politician Donald trump

4. A critique of the increasing trialist mentality of political factions and values in the west

The video shows all of the villagers conforming to the word of one man and sticking by them regardless of what they do. This could also show the increasing in distaste and downright hatred of those who do not share the same political views, customs and traditions. This can be seen near the start where the visitor doesn't shake the priest hand upon arrival. Before the actual burning commences, the priest turns towards the crowd to look for approval of the followers, furthering the elements of tribe mentality.

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