The Picturebooks release new music video for ‘Masquerade’

THE PICTUREBOOKS have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track Masquerade, is the brand new song from the American hard rock band and marks their first new music since their last studio album, The Major Minor Collective, which was released back in September 2021.

Speaking about the new song, vocalist/guitarist Flynn Claus Grabke says, “this is the first time Philipp has used cymbals, as he’s never used cymbals or hi hat in any other recording before. Through our work on The Picturebooks and The Major Minor Collective albums, we found out that we don’t have to limit ourselves as much as we did on previous albums. We can use bass, cymbals, samples, harmony vocals, and we will still sound like THE PICTUREBOOKS. It will only broaden our musical horizon. This song is a manifest to that idea. Let’s be what we want to be, knowing we will always be THE PICTUREBOOKS.

This song was recorded in our own studio. Some vocal overdubs were recorded in our second home, Long Beach, California. The songwriting process was rather quick for this one, the main riff happened and then the vocals for the chorus came immediately. We found some interesting samples that we felt fit the song well. Lyrically the song deals with social media and how it draws people to use their disadvantages to its advantage.”

Watch the official music video for Masquerade here: 

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