Vancouver’s NEEDS debuted their new music video for “We Forgot The Records to our Record Release Show” via NPR Music’s All Songs TV and the first sentence of Robin Hilton’s write-up says it all, “I love this band”.
The video, directed by Matt Leaf, is comprised of a day in the life of Vancouver punk scene photographer Ryan Rose, comes from the band’s upcoming self-titled full length debut, NEEDS.
Due out on May 12 via File Under: Music (Slam Dunk, Dan Mangan, Anchoress), pre-orders are available with the first 100 copies on limited edition black and white mixed vinyl. NPR’s Hilton, co-founder of All Songs Considered, continued his initial sentiment, elaborating about the single with, “I love this band. For its chaotic, full-throttle rock. For its world view — a mix of sweet idealism and brooding cynicism — and for its self-deprecating sense of humor. You can hear it all in the NEEDS song.”
When asked about the song’s lyrics came about, frontman Sean Orr offered, “I’m a 36 year old hipster dishwasher so I sort of have to constantly affirm that my lifestyle is worth it. I wrote it in my head while watching this band Storc play at our record release show, of which we forgot our records to. I was just like “what am I doing”? But then the answer is, well what is the alternative? I could be living in the suburbs, where I grew up, and have kids and a boring job like all my old high school friends. It’s very cathartic for me, but its also kind of light hearted. It’s a song about douchebags who bullied me, and so it just made sense to have a guy like Ryan Rose, the antagonist in the video, go from his house in the same suburb that I grew up in, to downtown Vancouver. He is an interesting guy and has a disorder called cleidocranial dysostosis, so I imagine it must have been tough for him growing up there.”
STREAM NEEDS’ “WE FORGOT THE RECORDS TO OUR RECORD RELEASE SHOW” VIA NPR MUSIC: http://www.npr.org/event/music/401471742/needs-we-forgot-the-records-to-our-record-release-show
STREAM/EMBED NEEDS’ “WE FORGOT THE RECORDS TO OUR RECORD RELEASE SHOW” VIA YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xJ97cIYA4
NEEDS are bringing their explosive live show back on the road next month and this summer, performing throughout the United States’ west coast and a run of Canadian dates with BRASS. Having served as direct support to Fucked Up, White Lung, Trash Talk, and Perfect Pussy, the band have built a reputation throughout the Vancouver scene thanks to unpredictable live shows that make them a must see live act. The chaos and carnage of NEEDS live is well constructed fury manifested with a reckless abandonment and most definitely can’t be missed.
Check out all their dates below.
05/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club w/ Brass, Flowers & Fire and Low Levels
05/15 – Seattle, WA @ Lofi
05/16 – Portland, OR @ High Water Mark
05/18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock Tavern
05/20 – San Francisco, CA @ MILK BAR
05/21 – Long Beach, CA @ The Prospector
05/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lexington
05/23 – Sacramento, CA @ The Starlite
05/24 – Portland, OR @ The Know
06/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Astoria Hotel +
06/13 – Calgary, AB @ Broken City Patio +
06/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Wunderbar +
06/15 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos +
06/16 – Winnipeg, MB @ The Windsor +
06/19 – Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haus +*
06/20 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee’s +
+ with BRASS * w/Big Knife Little Knife