deep tan When an image of a person becomes so engrossingly
L: We had dwarf hamsters which had babies, and one of
imprinted that it’s near impossible to distinguish
the babies had babies with the dad and so the mum went
identifiable ideals from idealistic illusions, that’s, when
and started eating them all… I was made to deal with it
you know you’re in the deep end of social ambiguity and
and growing up Catholic as well, I ended up in the garden
so it almost goes without saying that 96% of Deep Fakes,
with this huge cross full of dead hamsters names.
are porn. C: Did the mum kill them because she knew the dad was Tackling desirable subversions in a world of “post-truth”,
having an affair? Lions do the same- if a female lion gets
Hackney’s deep tan find creative ambience between the
with a lion from an outsider pack the alpha male knows
fictitious fine lines of superimposed surrealism, and
instantly.
‘real-world’ consent; so much so that the trio have spent the majority of prep for their latest single ‘Deepfake’,
David Attenborough saved my lockdown...
trying to prevent YouTube from removing their blatantly catechistic content offline due to “community guidelines”
L: I work at an audio book recording studio and David
restrictions.
Attenborough came in, I saw the back of his head and it was the best moment of my life… he was there a week
Having spent the last six months, like the rest of us, living
and only ate cheese sandwiches. Also, he’s in his nineties,
within the unascertained fear of current circumstances,
would record for eight hours and never pee…
deep tan’s innately graphic and ambitiously driven disorient of ethereal escapism and worldly existentialism
Has Covid helped create a space for you to commit
is as deceptively metaphorical, as it’s substantially
more to each other and your relationship as a three
inspired and wholly, unmatchable.
piece, than you have a band?
We may well be heading back towards a second no man’s
C: We had listening sessions where we’d drink together
land but stick with deep tan and you’re guaranteed an
with Zoom open but I have absolutely no desire to write
escapism.
music over Zoom. When the internet lags, it lags.
Celeste: I’m surprised none of us have fallen down the
Will self-discovery be faster in the future now we’re all
lockdown pet route...
so attuned to having time to reflect?
Lucy: I have two guinea pigs now! Ronnie and Renee,
Wafah: These times are funny because there is self-
they’re not technically mine but they live under the
discovery, but it’s traumatic and that’s not talked about
stairs…
enough. Everyone’s pretending it’s not as scary or as stressful as it is and they’re pushing through, but there’s
C: My housemate went to an exotic petting zoo for her
no process.
birthday and she said you can have Guinea Pigs that look like Sphynx Cats... they’re furless and called ‘Skinny
L: It’s literal dystopia and you hear people talk about
Pigs’.
having epiphanies or whatever- that puts pressure on you to feel the same.
Words by Al Mills, illustration by Ludi Leiva
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