The state of the world in 2020 is one that Lastlings, a half-Japanese, half-Australian musical sibling duo, seem oddly prepared for, right down to their name.
¡°Lastlings¡± was the title of a short story that guitarist and producer Josh Dowdle, 27, wrote in high school about the survivors of an apocalyptic event. Nature has reclaimed the cities, nothing is open and the ¡°lastlings¡± are the only remaining people on Earth.
¡°We have a dystopian aesthetic,¡± Josh says on a video call from a studio in Australia. ¡°I guess it¡¯s a coincidence.¡±
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