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Fantastic Negrito Returns, With Arrows Aimed At A Culture That's 'Lost Its Way'

The Grammy-winning Fantastic Negrito is back, with a new song and album that will meet a fractured culture with the "business of unity."
Fantastic Negrito's <em>Please Don't Be Dead</em> comes out June 15 on Cooking Vinyl.

"I wanted to come out swinging. With everything happening in the world, I wanted to take it head on." And with that, sends a sound wave blast aimed straight at what he sees as our culture's evils. "Addiction, guns, censorship, overconsumption. I wanted people to feel like this is

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