I went to the place on the lyric card of 《Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant》
Around 7-8 years ago, I came across the artwork of the lyric cards in the Miracle Milk album. The one for “Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant” stood out to me because I immediately recognize it to be Hong Kong, my home.
Fast forward to last weekend, when I came across a new copy of the Miracle Milk album, I immediately bought it and admired the album in all its glory. That’s when I was reminded of this art and I wanted to visit this place.
So I did! I used my limited geoguessr skills and local knowledge to find where the photo was taken: Wan Chai Road looking towards Wan Chai Market. And while all the neo signs are sadly gone now, you can still recognize that this road is where the photo was originally taken. Comparing with google street view image also shows the signs were all there in 2009
It brings me great joy to see that my favorite band has not only visited my home city but also used it as part of their work (side note: Cassie’s old channel banner was also of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong). I can only hope they’ll come to Hong Kong to perform someday.
Hope you guys enjoy!
Oh, and to any Hongkongers who wanna buy the album. There was 1 copy of the album left in the big store in the middle of basement floor in Sino Center (信和). Good luck