The eclectic collective 2012 Bid Adieu finds itself in ‘our digital purgatory’

A few years ago, doomsdayers predicted that the apocalypse would occur in 2012, based on some creative readings of astrology and Mayan history. There was even a bloated disaster film about it. But 2012 came and went, and life went on.

Or did it?

For D.C.-New York collective 2012 Bid Adieu, the title of their debut album doubles as another theory: “We Died in 2012: This Is Hell.” All the psychological, political and environmental tumult of the past few years? “This is our digital purgatory that we’re living in,” says Jordan Clark, a co-founder of the group.