At the end of last year, we learnt about Little Tornados, a new band founded by activist and film maker David Thayer and Laetitia Sadier, with the addition of Bjoern Magnusson, Marlen Groher and Moritz Schaeder.
Formed through activism and “with aspirations to help end political tyranny wrought by capitalist greed and the self-serving sadists and fools who currently run our society” as they put it, the band’s songs embody their political engagement in terms of content.

We’ve known for a while that they have been working on their debut album, We Are Divine, due out on September 1st. Set to be released on vinyl, Little Tornados are now asking fans to help fund the pressing and production costs and have launched a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo. Some of the perks fans will receive in exchange for pledging include copies of the upcoming album, a private singing lesson with Laetitia Sadier and even getting to use their studio in Switzerland for a day. For a complete list of pledges, head over here.

Check out below the video for ‘Manifest’, written by David and Laetitia as the bands’ own manifesto. And to entice you further, after the video listen to another excellent song off We Are Divine called ‘Free Your Mind’. The text is taken from a Lorde’s Grammy award acceptance speech which was actually censored and didn’t air. The text used in the song is a fake version written by the satire site Snoopman News.

Last Autumn, new band Little Tornados unveiled their first song, ‘Manifest, serving as their own manifest. Back then, the outfit of Laetitia Sadier, David Thayer, Bjoern Magnusson, Marlen Groher and Moritz Schaeder also promised to release a full-length album in 2014. We’re glad they are keeping their word. Their debut, We Are Divine, has been confirmed for an August release and it was mixed and produced by Emmuel Mario (Holden, Astrobal) in Switzerland.

‘Alhambra’ is the brand new song offered recently by Little Tornados as a free download. The song, as the band explained, is influenced and tries to influence the Colombian elections which take place today. ‘Alhambra’ will not be featured in We Are Divine but it calls to be heard.

Little Tornados is a brand new project featuring Laetitia Sadier, David Thayer, Bjoern Magnusson, Marlen Groher and Momo Love aka Moritz Schaeder.
The first song to surface from them, ‘Manifest’, serves as the band’s manifest and as they put it, “to spread this message is the reason we have our little band”. Originally sang in French, they are currently looking for translations in all possible languages for an accompanying video. Here’s the ‘Manifest’ in English:

“We want to be able to be inspired, contemplate beauty, achieve excellence and enjoy life to the fullest.
But we are governed by an exploitative economic system which is keeping this from happening.
It thrives through our competitiveness, our selfishness, and our egocentrism.
Under this system the planet is being destroyed as the commodity of a guarded elite; Public resources are being privatized to benefit the few.
The illusion that success is about accumulating wealth rather than reaching deep knowledge of the self has been successfully planted in our psyche.
In this greed-driven economy we feel isolated, fearful, envious and suspicious of one-another.
Where is our sense of purpose? Where is our connection to nature?
The true revolution is of the self. It is about taking responsibility for what we are as indivduals, what we do and what we say; it is also about harmonizing our visions to build the best society for the most.
Being my best is not a competition to defeat the other. I recognize the need for harmony between people, and treat the other as I would like to be treated..
In order to have a high quality of life, a life affirming society which encourages cooperation between people is necessary.
Our economic and financial system should be based upon the understanding that cultures, ideas, work, health and territory are the true wealth, not money.
The plundering of resources, the exploitation of people and militaristic violence benefits only a corrupt minority.
Is deregulated capitalism really in our interest?
Enough of working and paying for the lavish perks of the few!
We aspire to build a popular movement for the redrafting and democratization of our financial system.
The people should refuse to pay for the abuses of the unnecessary financial elite.
To understand and enjoy life to it’s fullest, is the right of everyone.”

We’ll keep an eye out for more from the Little Tornados, who have announced their debut album will be released early next year. Right now, listen to ‘Manifest’.