{"id":2446633,"date":"2019-07-22T19:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T01:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=862233"},"modified":"2019-07-22T19:53:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T01:53:06","slug":"oh-sees-blend-punk-noise-random-stock-footage-in-heartworm-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/oh-sees-blend-punk-noise-random-stock-footage-in-heartworm-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Sees Blend Punk Noise, Random Stock Footage in \u2018Heartworm\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-9.42.04-PM.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Oh Sees strike up gleeful absurdity in their new video for \u201cHeartworm,\u201d a noisy punk track from their upcoming double-LP, <em>Face Stabber<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Director Joel Kyack pairs the band\u2019s ragged power chords with a parade of cheesy and bizarre stock footage \u2014 including laughing co-workers, digital oceans, robotic arms, grooming cats, waterfalls and skydivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe simple, visceral and relentless rhythmic structure of the song inspired me to organise stock video archives into small thematic groups \u2013 sneezes, things banging, robotic arms, etc \u2013 avoiding narrative in favour of a formal simplicity,\u201d Kyack told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerrang.com\/the-news\/oh-sees-release-new-video-for-heartworm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kerrang<\/em><\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe particular commercial quality of much of the stock footage, coupled with the barrage-style in which it is presented, conjures the contemporary existential assault suggested by [vocalist John] Dwyer\u2019s&nbsp;lyrics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHeartworm\u201d is the third song Oh Sees have released from <em>Face Stabber<\/em>, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oh-sees-new-song-poisoned-stones-856745\/\">\u201cPoisoned Stones\u201d<\/a> and the 21-minute \u201cHenchlock.\u201d The San Francisco band\u2019s expanded summer\/fall tour kicks off August 9th in Pioneertown, California and runs through October 31st in Los Angeles, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oh-sees-new-song-heartworm-video-862233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Sees strike up gleeful absurdity in their new video for \u201cHeartworm,\u201d a noisy punk track from their upcoming double-LP, Face Stabber. Director Joel Kyack pairs the band\u2019s ragged power chords with a parade of cheesy and bizarre stock footage \u2014 including laughing co-workers, digital oceans, robotic arms, grooming cats, waterfalls and skydivers. \u201cThe simple, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2446633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 23:54:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}