Gender Roles release new music video for ‘You Look Like Death’
GENDER ROLES have released a new music video!
The new music video, for the track You Look Like Death, is taken from the Brighton-based indie punks’ upcoming debut album PRANG which is scheduled to be released in August.
Speaking about the new song, the band says, “You Look Like Death is the story of leaving home told through everyone else’s words. It’s anxiousness we feel, thinking we have let loved ones down and what they might say if they could see us now. This song is the interpretation of how it must feel on the other side, to watch someone grow up, fly the nest, make bad decisions and find their way in this crazy world. It’s thinking of the first day you can remember on the day you leave.” Directed by Ben Pollard, the accompanying video is a clever interpretation of the song’s theme. The band explain, “the video is centred around a character that is stuck in their own head – they’ve shut themselves away for too long and are now petrified of the world outside. You could say they look like death (smug face). FEAR NOT FRIEND! GR are here to wake you the fuck up, give you a lil pep talk and send you into the world to GET IT.”
Watch the official music video for You Look Like Death here:
While the theme for the band’s previous EPs was “overcoming the past and looking forward to the future together”, the new, debut album, PRANG, focuses on much more immediate issues, even if it did come from a particularly happy place for GENDER ROLES. “There was never really a concept discussed until we really started stockpiling a lot of new material. It’s really hard to try and express any other thought other than ‘everything is great’ when everything is actually going great. We were in such a good place as a new band throughout 2017 and 2018 and you can’t just sing about being stoked all the time, because it’s boring. One of the first songs we wrote for the album, Always, is about losing someone very close and it sort of occurred that it’s difficult, no matter when it happens in your life. Most problems we face in life are at home, either growing up, raising a family, trying to become one, being alone, whatever it is. The idea grew from there and became the theme of the whole album.”
Alongside the release of the new music video, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:
Track List:
1. You Look Like Death
2. Always
3. Deep End
4. Hey With Two Whys
5. Ickie
6. Your War
7. Tip Of My Tongue
8. School’s Out
9. That’s How You Want It To Be
10. Bubble
And that’s not all news relating to GENDER ROLES. In October, the band will hit the road to support their upcoming debut album by performing 11 shows across the UK.
Tour dates are as follows:
02/10 – Norwich, Open
03/10 – London, Boston Music Room
04/10 – Southampton, Heartbreakers
05/10 – Bristol, Rough Trade
06/10 – Nottingham, Rough Trade
07/10 – Glasgow, Attic
08/10 – Sheffield, Record Junkee
09/10 – Liverpool, Kazimier
10/10 – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
11/10 – Portsmouth, The Wave Maiden
14/10 – Guildford, Boileroom
PRANG is set for release on August 30th via Big Scary Monsters.
For more information on GENDER ROLES like their official page on Facebook.
