Portland soft-rock studs Rio Grands have a killer new music video for their track “Liz,” from their March, 2014 album A-Z. It’s a loungy, Strokes-meets-Beach Boys song featuring the band playing on a yacht named “The Sun Princess” on the Willamette River. The music pairs very nicely with the imagery, which depicts the timeless tale of unrequited love…and weed. Measure 91 enthusiast and frontman Colin Jenkins explains, “…it’s basically about me chasing around a girl, Liz, who’s too stoned to notice I’m around.” The video was shot and edited by Josh Spacek and John Denlinger, and features some spots around Portland you probably recognize.
Catch Rio Grands live at Holocene on Sunday, Nov. 30th for the non-internet premiere of the video. They will be joined by New Move, who will also be releasing a new single, "Don’t Wanna Lose," as well as No Lala featuring members of Minden + Papi Fimbres + Seth Mankowski. Should be a night filled with tasty grooves and very tight arrangements. Also a boat/yacht-themed photo booth.
– Chandler Strutz