My life is not about how good I look on paper, frontman Joshua Ackley sings over driving guitars.
My life is not about how far I run from danger.
Where he and his bandmates do run, however, is toward optimism.
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I want an impossible life, Ackley sings in the chorus.
This is the future now.
When faced with the decision, I skipped college because it felt too confining.
I wanted to dive into the toughest situations and fight my way through to the other side.
The thrill of the impossible is my driving force.
One supporter was Bikini Kill and Le Tigre frontwoman Kathleen Hanna.
Ackley previously served as an assistant engineer for her archival tapes inclusion in NYUs Bobst Library.
Ackley calls the experience a dream come true.
Kathleens wisdom is in her actions she welcomed me and created an inclusive community, Ackley says.
Through her, I ended up at parties with Joan Jett and Kim Gordon.
She truly leads by example.
Role models like Hanna have helped Ackley realize what he wants his Impossible Future to be.
Were so self-curated today that weve become our own censors.
I want to eliminate even the idea of self-censorship in my life.
