Premiere: Two-Man Giant Squid Shares New Video for 'I Was a DJ in 2015'
Watch the video below, Out Now via Mint 400 Records
March 29, 2024
Brooklyn-based outfit Two-Man Giant Squid debuted in 2022 with their first full-length, Abyssal gigantism, showcasing the band's noisy, edgy and melodic psych-punk and post-punk style. The band then followed up last year with their second album, Introduction to the Basement, and this year they maintain their fast release schedule with an upcoming third album. Earlier this week the band shared the album's lead single, “I Was a DJ in 2015,” and today they're back with an accompanying video, premiering Under the Radar.
“I Was a DJ in 2015” finds the band harkening back to the EDM boom of the mid-2010s, combining a powerful backbeat with electronic elements for a sardonic examination of nostalgia and trend-chasing. Frontman Mitch Vinokur delivers his vocals with a vocal post punk yelps, backed by insistent rhythms and spacey guitar touches. Amidst all of this, the band delivers a dizzying array of arpeggiated synth hooks, tying the track together with irresistible dance breaks and familiar synth tones. Although the results don't sound as bombastic as 2010's EDM, they echo the trials of indie outfits of the era such as MGMT or Phoenix, infusing Vinokur's vocals with catchy melodies and shimmering synths.
The piece is also at least partly autobiographical. Vinokur explains, “I was sucked in by that scene before I realized the trend wasn't for me. This single pays homage to those days and focuses on what it's like to try to force yourself to be a part of something only to see yourself grow out of it. I wrote the song from the point of view of a DJ who is quite torn on how to look back on it all. It's like, “what the hell did we do?… I don't know, but I miss her.”
The accompanying video finds Vinokur as a recovering DJ attending a “DJs Anonymous” meeting. He continues, saying of the track, “Since it's an homage to 2000s dancefloors, we obviously wanted the arpeggiator and synths to be front and center. But I also love the twangy guitars we built around it all. It gives it a wistful, almost indie-love-song feel.”
Check out the song and video below, out now via Mint 400 Records.
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