Heavy Rock duo Friendship Commanders have released a new video for the track X, taken from their upcoming album, Bear, which will be available October 10th via Magnetic Eye Records.
You can watch the video for X here:
While Bear can be pre-ordered from this link.
Buick Audra wrote X in June 2024, a few weeks weeks after the passing of their friend and collaborator Steve Albini:
“I was grieving, but I was also watching a generation grieve in ways that I’d observed my whole life – stoically, strongly, sentimentally, and somewhat individually.
This song is a loving send-up to that lost generation. We wanted the track and visuals to honor some of the artists who raised us creatively, including Steve. The camera I’m holding in the second verse was his. Very moving to have and include it here. He was a young Boomer, but the absolute King of Gen X – missed and loved.”
While drummer and bass player Jerry Roe reveals about the video:
“I wanted the video to have the vibe and look of those by our favorite bands from the Gen X Grunge era while still being its own thing, so it’s lit, shot and performed in a way that honors that spirit without aping anything too closely – hopefully.
Everyone wanted to appear tough and cool while also not seeming to take what they were doing too seriously. There’s such a particular mood of the era that no one has captured since. It was the best time for the medium of music videos honestly, and it was a lot of fun to try and channel it. I find it moving to watch in a way that surprises me.”
Tracklist:
- 1. KEEPING SCORE
- 2. DRAIN
- 3. DRIPPING SILVER
- 4. MELT
- 5. NEW
- 6. X
- 7. MIDHEAVEN
- 8. IMPERFECT
- 9. FOUND
- 10. DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS
PRESS SOURCE: Dominik Goncalves dos Reis/All Noir.
