Drugs Share Trippy, Otherworldly “A Twist Of The Stomach” Video | ‘Episodic’ LP out Now
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“A Twist Of The Stomach” Video
Episodic LP out Now on Park The Van
Stream: “Try Me” | “Paralyzed” | “Positive Feedback Loop” “
A Twist of the Stomach,” should definitely assuage, fans of Deerhoof.” – Northern Transmissions “Drugs are a whacked-out noise rock band, bending sour notes into sweet ones and back again… but somehow, they maintain the fundamental melody of AM rock bands like Wings and Three Dog Night.” – PunkNews.org
Click images below or HERE to watch “A Twist of the Stomach”
Avant-garde pop-rock band Drugs recently released their debut album Episodic on Park The Van. Today, they’ve shared a trippy music video for album single “A Twist of The Stomach”, animated by Corey Watson. Set in a kaleidoscopic, hellish universe somewhere between Animal Crossing and The Sims, the dizzying vaporwave visuals and anxious beats encapsulate the feelings of internal conflict and cognitive dissonance that can come with a twist of the stomach. A perfectly energizing driving-in-your-car soundtrack, the new EP has received acclaim from Paste Magazine, Tower Records PULSE!, New Noise Magazine, Northern Transmissions, and Punk News.
Video director/animator Corey Watson says, “One day after I took a bong rip and watched Conner O’Malley’s ‘Hudson Yards Video Game’ I got an idea for a music video. ‘What if we did a shot-by-shot remake of Tool’s music video for ‘Sober’ for Drug’s ‘A Twist Of The Stomach’? I have no idea what the hell I am doing in Blender, but here we are! Grab a bong, order a pizza, eat a cereal bowl full of DMT, and get crunchy.”
In a sea of gentle singer-songwriters and derivative rock, Drugs is a rollicking safe haven, side effects may include getting stoked. The band’s debut collection Episodic was written and self-recorded in Long Beach, CA in 2018, by Joel Jasper (Guitar, Vocals) and J.P. Bendzinski (Guitar, Keys) joined by Vince Guitierrez (guitar/bass), Alan Connor (drums) and former bandmate Zach Mabry (drums). The forthcoming LP is an unruly and jagged musical terrain that casts aside traditional linear songwriting form in favor of a more abstract stream of consciousness style. Anger, uncertainty, reconciliation, wonder, anxiety are all wrapped up together. Despite their spontaneity and free-wheelin’ creative process, there’s one thing Drugs knows for certain says Jasper, the band’s main lyricist and songwriter, “I want to freak people out.”
Photo Credit: Arthur Hitchcock
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