Aberdeen City Lyrics

In 2001, the four members of Aberdeen City met while smoking outside of a lecture series about unfulfilled childhood potential entitled “Young Hopes, Dead Dreams”. They quickly learned how much they had in common. Each was lauded as a "boy genius" in his youth. But, due to 4 parallel twists of fate, no member was able to achieve any real degree of individual success. The music of Aberdeen City is their attempt to make sense of a world that gives no second chances.Christopher McLaughlin (guitar, vocals) was predicted to be "the world's next great physicist". At the age of 9, he succeeded in creating, for the briefest of moments, a new element by bombarding volatile helium atoms with ionized photons in h... read more