Toronto duo cleopatrick have released the next single ‘BAD GUY’ from their upcoming sophomore album FAKE MOON, set to come out on the 14th of March via their own label Nowhere Special Recordings.
As FAKE MOON weaves narratives that feel simultaneously intimate and universal, radiating a tension between fragility and defiance, conspiracy and truth, the cinematic ‘BAD GUY’ wrestles with the motions of guilt, carried by gritty synth waves and haunting electric guitar lines. Luke Gruntz’s vocals sparkle as the electrifying red thread making its way through the track and entire longplayer.
Speaking on the single, Luke says: “BAD GUY is supposed to feel like it was recorded, produced, and mixed on a nintendo gamecube. It’s got bit-crushed guitars, glitched vocals, and low-res samples all spinning and cycling in endless loops that mirror the song’s themes of guilt, repetition, and inescapable patterns.”
In pair with the hit release, the eclectic duo also added a new music video to their archive. Created by their friend Jake Haj (@eggsailor), the animated video is reminiscent of low poly, VHS-inspired indie horror games and gives a nod to the album’s title as it sees the band being chased by a moon donning a surveillance camera aimed to catch their every move. Talking about the video, Luke explains: “Naturally, the BAD GUY video meets the song where it’s at: far away in someone’s low-poly 2003 fever dream. The video follows Ian and I as we run away from the sinister “fake moon” — a looming, monolithic surveillance craft tracking our every move with the CCTV camera that protrudes from its shell. It’s supposed to be a nod to the Simpsons hit and run / Tony Hawk pro skater thing. Only much more anxious, surreal, and evidently doomed.”
FAKE MOON Track Listing
HEAT DEATH
BAD GUY
HAMMER
PLEASE
SOFTDRIVE
CHEW
BIG MACHINE
SARAH
FAKE MOON
LOVE YOU
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