Industrial rock/metal band, OUR FRANKENSTEIN has just unveiled their new single and video for ‘Jealous God’ in anticipation of their forthcoming EP, Comedy.
Addressing envy and devotion: OUR FRANKENSTEINn tackle spiritual imprisonment. ‘Jealous God’ harkens back to the old gnostic belief that our reality is secretly under the control of a malevolent demiurge named, Yaldaboath. The song and music video contrast the false god’s wrath with real world catastrophe in a style that could only be viewed as satire.
The ‘Jealous God’ video invites the question that if our fate is in the hands of the powers that be…what happens if we (the people) obtain the crown? The video was shot by Pablo Salamone and directed / edited by Ryan Laney.
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OUR FRANKENSTEIN is a Gothic Metal band that was formed in Orange County, CA in 2013. Drawing influences from both cinema and the gothic music scene, the band has quickly evolved to what it is today. With one foot rooted in myth and the other in reality, OUR FRANKENSTEIN creates music that tells a story.
The best thing about Team Picture is that, well, they’re Team Picture. A band that doesn’t look like a band, and certainly not in a cohesive, stylised way. The band’s name is a subtle but nifty encapsulation of what they’re about – the way teams at work are essentially a bunch of people thrown together with no commonality beyond their employment. They’re not your friends, they’re your colleagues, and while you may gel and not even loathe works nights out, those team photos only highlight the awkwardness, the disparities.
Every now and again, though, these disparate elements coalesce to positive ends, and this seems to be where the Leeds act are coming from, a band who are built on hybridity and variance. Their latest single – a scabrous satire of the pathetically sad and deeply toxic but occasionally dangerous incel community populated by predominantly low-IQ white misogynists – is a corker.
Speaking about the Single, Josh explained;“The Big Trees, The Little Trees’ is a sub-Talking Heads piece of black-pill satire. The title comes from what might be the first piece of incel literature ever unfortunately created, called ‘Might is Right’ by a total asshole called ‘Ragnar Redbeard’ (the pen name of one ‘Arthur Desmond’). The track was originally considered for the recording sessions for our 2nd record, but after completion of this version we decided it stood neatly enough on its own horrifying two feet to be presented separately…”
It’s got a nagging krautrocky groove that grabs you from the start, and even your dad might like it, and its success lies in its juxtaposition of the medium and the message.
The accompanying video really captures the band’s oddball nerdy misfit style, while pushing forward the homocentric / hypermasculine themes in an irreverent fashion – and it works well.
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Dates:
SEPTEMBER 28th Bootleg Social, Blackpool 29th The Parish, Huddersfield 30th Broadcast, Glasgow OCTOBER 1st Westgarth, Middlesbrough 2nd Sidney + Matilda, Sheffield 12th Yes, Manchester 13th Camden Assembly, London 14th Komedia, Brighton 15th Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 17th Wild Paths Festival, Norwich 24th Karma Festival, Nottingham
