Self-described slimegaze practitioners Total Slacker have released two videos supporting “Slip Away,” their February 12th album release on Blackbell Records. “Sometimes You Gotta Die” (streaming below) pairs the tracks ominous, unsettling pace with a classic teens-terrorized-in-the-woods parody. The amusing spin off of films like “The Blair Witch Project” and “Cabin In The Woods” serves as ample inspiration for director Norris Guncheon. The inevitable doom experienced by each member of the party is a perfect end for this song of rare intensity.
Follow-up single and video for “Keep The Ships At Bay” draws it’s spark from the exaggerated, reenactment scenes in television shows like Unsolved Mysteries. Directed by Nate Ford, the video features Tassy as narrator and Zoe as investigator while hyperbolic caricatures of Tucker and Emily steal a guitar (from Main Drag Music in Williamsburg!), raid a bodega and essentially go wild. The band has been quoted as also using bits of Paris Hilton’s “Good Time” video as an impetus for bombastic imagery – while a documented mutual admiration tweet exchange between the band and Ms. Hilton creates an additional element of wonder.
Total Slacker release show (which will also serve as The Deli’s issue #37 launch party) is tonight at Baby’s All Right. On the bill also Perfect Pussy, Life Size Maps and Honduras, more info here. – Dave Cromwell