Bollard’s “Ziggurat” is a Dream Song About the Excitement About the Collapse of the Current Era and the Beginning of Another

The brooding pulse that runs through Bollard’s single “Ziggurat” serves as the driving force underneath the spoken lyrics. Its reminiscent of what you might get with a mix of Slint and Pile with the haunting intensity and fusion of mood, texture and atmosphere. A guitar stutters and burns over the top of the main line, sputtering out giving way to to staggered arpeggio. The song is about the limitations we place on ourselves to give ourselves the illusion of control and how we internalize those imposed on us as well, propping up a notion of civilization and an identity based in it that really does rest on an arbitrary foundation of assumptions. The tone of the song conveys a sense of excitement over the crumbling of that edifice as consciousness of the reality of our social and psychological consensus as people are rapidly waking up to the realization that it is a contingent reality that we can change if we dare to manifest a different set of visions an dreams that serve ourselves better than the way the world is now. Calling the song “Ziggurat” invokes the image of Babylon and its own fall under the weight of its own corruption and its symbol a decadent empire for the modern era, one that has lost sight of its mission and utility as a mass organization that benefits its people. Watch the video for “Ziggurat” on YouTube and connect with Bollard at the links provided.