WL//WH Premiere SPAMMERHEADS
Born in 2019, Spammerheads, the Valencia, Spain-based Electronic duo made of Ana Escudero and David Garrido, releases the video for “Quicksand”, the second song on last October’s studio album “The Mire Chronicles”, a work dedicated to the people and communities who face extreme situations and never give up, via Banshees Records.
Precisely on that tragic experience on which the core of the LP is founded, like a chronicle that explores, filled with a mix of emotions—shock, helplessness, fury, resistance, solidarity, and resilience, among others—the personal and collective states of people affected by tragedies or catastrophes, relates “Quicksand.”
The simmering and hypnotic track shares the experience of a person who, despite being stuck in the street with mud up to their knees, keeps hope alive with the memory of a loved one.
A dark, dystopian urban vibe ignites ominous, stark bass lines that flicker alongside steady, punchy beats, nervous drones, snappy echoes, and resonant sinister glows. Epic pulsing intervals of crushed dramatic synth strains streak atop harsh, desperate male vocals, accentuated by strained female halos, as they suffer under feelings of relentless danger and doom.
Spammerheads turned their own sketches and designs into artificial intelligence animations and then used a video editor to create the DIY Official Music Video for “Quicksand.” The clip begins in a colorful, surreal underground setting with red and blue liquids, fractal eyes, and dangling keys to represent the unconscious mind ruled by hidden fear and desire. Then a trip to a higher viewpoint, outside of the cave, reveals a false perception. Here, a deceptive, bright flowery veil hangs over a dark reality where human worker drones suffer next to cockroaches under black rains next to a grey, polluted factory. Finally, a clear rain arrives to wash the darkness from the people, whilst celestial illustrations bring it all together with ideas of duality, balance, and the cyclical nature of life.
Spammerheads‘ latest studio album, “The Mire Chronicles”, is out now on ltd. Vinyl 12″ edition and Digital, through Banshees Records.
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