Juneteenth [1820​-​1920]

ManKind & The Deity Complex

2017

In Juneteenth [1820​-​1920], ManKind creatively depicts many of the issues that were a part of this period in American history over carefully paired tracks, allowing their messages to be digested with relative ease, making for a project that melds education and entertainment in an astute, press-play-and-let-it-rock project.

From post-slavery optimism to the dangers of interracial romance, to the irony of having to pledge allegiance to a country that continued (and continues) to treat African-Americans as second-class citizens, Juneteenth often feels like it is dissecting issues that are more than a hundred years old and yet, disturbingly, still current.