At the start of the month we posted “Unfolding,” a whispered bit of darkness by Former Ghosts, the emotionally raw synthpop project of This Song Is a Mess But So Am I’s Freddy Ruppert, Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart, and Nika Roza of Zola Jesus. When asking Ruppert about “Unfolding,” a melancholic, romantic love song featuring fractured people with missing parts, he told us:
It wasn’t really intended for a release or anything … I was going through a tumultuous time in a relationship with someone I was completely, insanely, head over heels in love with and I just recorded this song and mailed it to her apartment. The song is basically saying that when you are ready to face this, I’m still here, and that I want you to still be there with all the same things that I fell in love with.
You get a heart-on-the-sleeve feel in the Amir Shoucri-directed clip for “Hold On,” one of Fleurs‘s anthemic moments. It comes with a puke-on-the-toilet-seat feel, too.
Ruppert explains:
The “Hold On” music video documents a night of self punishment at the hands of mixing as many different alcohols as possible (including a scene of a new drink called the “Narsty Dad” that mixes Campari with Nyquil) due to a case of the common heartbreak. What starts off as a goofy night at the Redondo Beach Pier quickly deteriorates into a depressing, shameful, self induced alcohol poisoning barf fest. We’ve all been there. Kind of.
Invent your own “Narsty Dad”:
And then some:
Fleurs is out today (10/20) via Upset The Rhythm.
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You graduate from college but Wall St isn’t hiring,start watching The Office and the next thing you know…ideas…
2009 in a nutshell.
you gotta check out the former ghosts interview in LA Record this month, it’s awesome.
Who directed this video?
good stuff boys
Wonder what was in that puke…
In between all the free mp3s they’ve released, I already have half the album. The rest are on my to-download list.
I just watched a couple of live videos and interview on YouTube via woodshopfilms. For those interested.
It’s kind of like MTV’s Jackass meets really bad music.
Calling this legitimate art is like calling a dog poop a taco because it has cilantro on it.
There’s a difference between sincere emotion and histrionics.
Barf.
who called this legitimate art?
This is so bad.
So many people in LA are willing to listen to anyone who takes a crap at the smell.
“Do you like music that blurs the lines between irony and a severe lack of talent? Then you’ll love this! It’s called check-out-my-haircut rock. It’s kind of like the original post-punk movement but without any musical or lyrical talent. Now watch me drink and cry.”
I know everyone wants to talk about the musician here. but hey, he’s white. period. what about the director of the video? sounds like an ARAB name…
Ohmygod, I have the same shower curtain.
you should have someone whipping you with a cat-o-nine tails. Or maybe someone should nail you to a cross and then you can swap your song out for the score of that cheesy christian video from the 90′s of Jesus being crucified. yay!