Bernays Propaganda are a Macedonian

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band. They took their name from

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' book ''

Propaganda Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded l ...

''. While their lyrical content contains socio-political lyrics, their sound has drawn comparisons to New Order and

Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth as a side project from Talking Heads. Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit " Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hi ...

. Their 2019 release, ''Vtora mladost, treta svetska vojna'' (''2nd Youth, 3rd World War''), features American punk bassist

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and Macedonian jazz guitarist Toni Kitanovski on the track "Nisto nema da ne' razdeli". The track was also donated to ''Songs From Under the Floorboard, Vol. 1'', proceeds of which go to

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Discography

*''Happiness Machines'' (2009) *''My Personal Holiday'' (2010) *''Zabraneta planeta'' (2013) *''Politika'' (2016) *''Vtora mladost, treta svetska vojna'' (2019)

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Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with an office and record store in Oakland, California. Acquired by Epic ...

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