Flick Friday - Animosity, Soilent Green, Beach House

by crustcake gerf (NYC)

Animosity's (not bobblehead edition) new video for their song "Toothgrinder" was directed by the band's vocalist, Leo Miller, and filmed in their hometown of San Francisco.

"We are all pretty sick of these retarded music videos of bands playing in dark warehouses or on top of snowy mountains and whatnot. It made more sense to make a video that is more relative to our band and our lives. The whole day [of filming] was a blast," Miller told Headbanger's Blog.

Animosity - "Toothgrinder":



Frolicking about San Fran on a bright sunny day isn't very metal, guys. Perhaps in the future you ought to consider filming in a dark warehouse or on a snow-capped mountaintop or something.

Buy: Animosity - Animal [Amazon]

NOLA sludge metallers Soilent Green have a troubled history. The band has been involved in multiple automobile accidents; in 2004 former bassist Scott Williams was killed in an apparent murder/suicide; and a year later former vocalist Glen Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina.

Soilent Green will be releasing their new album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction, next Tuesday via Metal Blade.

"[The album is about] the basic idea of no hope. It's in reference to the history of Soilent Green and also just life in general," vocalist Ben Falgoust notes. "Everybody is always picturing things with a happy ending, but life's not always like that."

Soilent Green - "Antioxidant":



Download: Soilent Green - "Antioxidant" [MP3]
Buy: Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction [Amazon]

Time to take the energy down a notch or twenty. Beach House, who we like to refer to as the Earth of indie rock, just released a new video for the song "Gila" off their recently released sophomore album Devotion. It's dark, a little creepy, and if it happens to be raining where you are, it'll provide the perfect soundtrack.

Beach House - "Gila":



Download: Beach House - "Gila" [MP3]
Buy: Beach House - Devotion [Amazon] [iTunes]

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Crustcake Picks - New Music 2/26

As we mentioned last week, Earth are releasing their sixth album tomorrow, entitled The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull. We've yet to hear it but certainly aren't hesitant to recommend it anyway.

This is interesting-- Century Media recently inked a deal with Tom Warrior of Celtic Frost to remaster and re-release all three old Hellhammer demos on one comprehensive double CD and triple LP called Demon Entrails. Via Century Media:

Demon Entrails has been specially re-mastered from copies of the original master tapes under the supervision of Tom Gabriel Fischer, and the demos now represent HELLHAMMER exactly as the band sounded when recording these songs in June and December of 1983. Drawing from a wealth of previously unknown historical liner-notes material and artwork as well as plenty of unreleased HELLHAMMER photos from 1982 to 1984, Demon Entrails features all lyrics and essays detailing the individual demo recording sessions.

This will be the first official Hellhammer release since 1984's Apocalyptic Raids EP. For true Black Metallers, Demon Entrails will likely be seen as unnecessary (or even blasphemous) given the importance of the actual demo tapes in BM circles, but for the casually curious it will be great addition to the 'historical' section of your record collection.

Another thing we can confidently recommend, though this may be a head-scratcher for you metalheads, is Beach House's Devotion. Beach House is a two-piece group from Baltimore Maryland who create a dreamy and relaxing soundscape that's perfect for helping you unwind and doze off after a long, hard day. Stereogum has a great review of the album.

Speaking of male/female pairs, British electronica duo Goldfrapp's new one, Seventh Tree, is also out tomorrow. Lead single "A&E" had us a little worried-- thinking it was representative of the album at large, it seemed Goldfrapp had traded the sultry, dark jazzy numbers and the quirky electronica for straight-up pop. The truth is a bit more complicated, though. Seventh Tree is a good listen, and you can hear for yourself right here.

Our picks:

Beach House - Devotion [Amazon]

Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull [Amazon]

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree [Amazon]

Hellhammer - Demon Entrails [Amazon]

For more, head to Largehearted Boy.

[MP3] Beach House - "Gila"
[MP3] Earth - "The Driver"
[full album stream] Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

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