How will the legend of the age of trees
Feel, when the last tree falls in England?
When the concrete spreads and the town conquers
The country’s heart; when contraceptive
Tarmacs laid where farm has faded
So begins the C.S. Lewis poem from which the San Diego quartet Future of Forestry cribbed its name. In it Lewis describes an England overtaken by industrialization, but the band sees it as more than just an environmental warning.
"It’s not about saving trees, but about saving our lives from being taken over by technology," frontman Eric Owyoung said. "It’s[…]