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On the eve of their European tour dates, Buñuel have shared the video for Killers Like Us album track ‘Roll Call’.

Speaking of the song, vocalist Eugene S. Robinson says, “Any day that ends with a night that has me hiding behind curtains with the sharpest straight razor I have ever laid eyes, and hands, on is going to be a good day. And in an obvious nod to the inspiration for the band’s name, Director Annapaola Martin rides Buñuel’s straight razor right into David Lynch territory in her video for ‘Roll Call’… a song that for sure makes the most of the fact that ‘the devil never takes his time.’ Also I don’t think I’ve said the word ‘fuck’ as many times in a single song. Which makes it a perfect soundtrack for the horrors within which we now all live.”

Director Annapaola Martin adds; “Dealing with the devil is always difficult. ‘Roll Call’ reminds me how unconscious thoughts can be hard to manage. They are always with us but sometimes they become difficult to control and when they take over, everything becomes possible.”

Watch the video here:

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EUROPEAN AND UK TOUR DATES:

02/07 – Arcella Bella, Padova (IT)

03/07 – Fluc, Wien (AT)

04/07 – T3 Kultùrny Prostriedok, Bratislava (SK)

05/07 – Cassiopeia, Berlin (DE)

06/07 – DS17 – Dordrecht (NL)  NEW

07/07 – La Bulle Café, Lille (FR)

08/07 – Cafe Oto, London (UK)

09/07 – Supersonic Fest, Birmingham (UK)

10/07 – The Prince Albert, Brighton (UK)

11/07 – Crofters Rights, Bristol (UK)

12/07 – Glazart, Paris (FR)

13/07 – Le Bamp, Brussels (BE)

14/07 – La Grenze, Strasbourg (FR)

15/07 – Humbug, Basel (CH)

16/07 – Freakout Club, Bologna (IT)

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Buñuel have shared the video for Killers Like Us album track "It’s All Mine." The video is a visceral display of mercilessness and aggression, with the band performing live in an empty room which can barely contain their energy.

Speaking of the song, vocalist Eugene S. Robinson says, "A kind word and a gun gets your video a lot further than just a kind word… Heavily influenced by film, and mindful of the ways in which film affects life, and life is affected by film, this video needed to recall the fact that musical art for us is probably a little bit more and not so much less of a life and death deal. The funny part was, when trying to get the insurance for the video shoot they were very worried about crowds. And when they HEARD the music they were very worried about ‘dangerous things’. So I had to assure them that there were no dangerous things on set. So, yeah, basically I lied. Which they should have understood is precisely what I’d do in that instance."

The noise in their music is reflected in the erratic figure (of actor Mattia Azzarelli) drawing scratchy charcoal pictures, footage of which is spliced between shots of the band. This haphazard assortment of imagery is expertly crafted by director/editor Duccio Brunetti and director of photography Niccolò Arcostanzo.

About the song the director comments, "When I first heard “It’s all mine” by Buñuel I felt that the song was about something that was “trapped in a cage”. I tried to translate this rage, those vibes that came from their music, into a cinematic experience: I elaborated their meticulous sound into a “bloody” vision that I hope the audience will never forget."

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EUROPEAN AND UK TOUR DATES:

02/07 – Arcella Bella, Padova (IT)

03/07 – Fluc, Wien (AT)

04/07 – T3 – Kultúrny Prostriedok, Bratislava (SK) – NEW

05/07 – Cassiopeia, Berlin (DE)

07/07 – La Bulle Café, Lille (FR)

08/07 – Cafe Oto, London (UK)

09/07 – Supersonic Fest, Birmingham (UK)

10/07 – The Prince Albert, Brighton (UK)

11/07 – Crofters Rights, Bristol (UK)

12/07 – Glazart, Paris (FR)

13/07 – Le Bamp, Brussels (BE)

14/07 – La Grenze, Strasbourg (FR)

15/07 – Humbug, Basel (CH)

16/07 – Freakout Club, Bologna (IT) NEW

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Buñuel, featuring Oxbow’s Eugene S. Robinson on vocals, have  released ‘Crack Shot’ ahead of third album, Killers Like Us.

"Crack Shot gives me what has now become a BUÑUEL staple and is reminiscent of other famous duos — Sonny and Cher, the White Stripes, Steve and Eydie, Mickey and Sylvia — in that I get to sing with my wife, Kasia Robinson from Maneki Nekro. On the first two records, and I think it just happened by accident, we argued about something totally unrelated RIGHT before we recorded…making it a weird sort of compelling relationship journal. Pleased to report that this one was recorded without an argument.” – Eugene S. Robinson

Unforgiving, merciless, beautiful, BUÑUEL is the sound of a difficult situation made worse by an unwillingness and an inability to play nice. BUÑUEL’s unpredictable amalgam of angular rhythms, drum salvos, blitzkrieg guitars and vocals that sound more like threats than promises is post-punk, proto-heavy and arty (as in avant-garde noise).

Listen to ‘Crack Shot’ here:

BUÑUEL’s upcoming album Killers Like Us — the third part of a trilogy that started with A Resting Place for Strangers, and then The Easy Way Out – is a killer addition to the canon of good music for bad people.

The band are named after the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, "the only filmmaker to first make his bones by making good on what happens when straight razors meet eyeballs".

BUÑUEL are a near-super group of global significance boasting the sound work of the Italian trio of guitarist Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours), the bass of Andrea Lombardini, and the drums of Francesco Valente (Il Teatro Degli Orrori, Snare Drum Exorcism, and Lume), along with the vocals of Eugene S. Robinson (OXBOW).

"The ambiguity implied by the title where it’s not entirely clear whether the killers are similar to us or just appreciate us, is nowhere in evidence in the music, which sets out to say in as clear a way as possible: your death is an inevitable consequence of you, very precisely, being YOU." – Eugene S. Robinson
The album will be released on February 18th, 2022, on CD/LP/Digital by Profound Lore Records and La Tempesta International.

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Cover photo by KASIA ROBINSON