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Thankfully, it helped him grow up with a tough skin and embrace what it means to be damaged. According to the band, they all had to when they were younger. A spacious intro straddles the line between eerie and trippy while Ali sings about having so much fun. Suddenly, a huge wall of guitar crashed in while they refute those very claims. No Fun by The Kominas. The Kominas are also headed out on tour with Sinkane, who we interviewed earlier this year.

Find the tour poster below. Sound: Vintage-style punk mixed in with surf, psychedelia and classic South-Asian and Middle-Eastern rock. These four South Asian-American, mostly Muslim men specialize in punchy, riff-heavy rock and their lyrics address the experiences of people of color and Muslims in America.

They say at least one group member is on a government watch list. They also grapple with racist rock fans, a tokenizing music press and an underground that seems uninterested in politically aware groups of color.

In your words, how would you describe your creative M. What we do is sociopolitical, first. One of our first priorities is what kind of statement we are putting out. Most of our music is available for free. The shows that have been the most fulfilling for us, the ones we had the biggest audiences for, were the ones we did free of charge. This has always been about putting a message out into the world.

Khan: We are a product of America and we express what we express unapologetically. Our identities—both personal and as a group—cannot help but find themselves in the material that we have produced. We are doing our best to be as authentic as we can about how we feel as artists, and that certainly can and should make people uncomfortable.

Do you have a certain obligation to listeners? Ray: We advocate for the true roots of the genres we play. We want as many others to know that as possible.

Usmani: Without the obligation to say something, there would have been no reason to form the Kominas.