Track 11 of 1942 (3:18): the singer imagines Little Saigon — its shops, music, language and cafés — as the place where he belongs; partly sung in French. "Boat People" (2) and "Lam Thi Dep" (5) have their own rows; the rest of the album is about the Japanese American internment of 1942. [From the Bandcamp lyrics]
Track 2 of 1942 (4:38): a doctor's escape from Vietnam by sea, pirates included, set beside the singer's mother's own emigration and today's arguments over immigration. [From the Bandcamp lyrics]
Track 5 of 1942 (3:21), named after the woman guerrilla of the 1972 photograph, shown with a rifle taken from dead infantry; a Vietnamese American woman among academics reflects on her family's refugee past, Miss Saigon and "Uncle Ho". [From the Bandcamp lyrics]