FRIGS debut LP Basic Behaviour came out this past February on Arts & Crafts, and this week the Toronto-based post-punk band released a new video for their standout track “Talking Pictures.” The four-piece explains:
“”Talking Pictures” relies, not on narrative, but on evoking a sense of disillusionment. We wanted a video that similarly eschewed narrative in order to portray this feeling through distorted perspective, overlapping subjects and a black-and-white pallet.”
Led by vocalist Bria Salmena, the track walks a tightwire of brooding tension as the band fights to hold a palpable sense of dissonance at bay. Adopting a variety of vocal strategies, Salmena alternates between cool delivery, rough-hewn recitation, and melodic intonation, before pushing her voice to its’ rawest last nerve. Video director Christopher Mills follows suit with a dizzying monochromatic portrayel of the band that constantly shifts directions as the imagery stutters and blurs into a bleary-eyed double and triple vision. Mills offers this perspective:
“The camera seems to be broken in a glitchy, 360 degree virtual space filled with multiple exposures of FRIGS, occasionally, and inadvertently disrupted by glitchy abstract shapes, in this dark, and moody portraiture.”
Lucky enough to live in Canada? Then you can catch FRIGS live this coming May, including a stop at Montreal’s Distortion Psych Fest. Don’t miss the upcoming dates after the YouTube embed below…
FRIGS Live Dates:
May 11 Distortion Psych Fest – Montreal, Canada
May 12 Red Dog – Peterborough, Canada
