"I'll be cloaked in stars..."
Listen to the pervasive heavy pummeling beauty of "The Wave" by Brighton’s (UK) InTechnicolour and you will undoubtedly smile. The absolute collision of sounds that strain against each other at times and other times stir into each other are not only sharply edged but bend to the point of breaking. I love the sonic intensity, the deep heavy groove for the art rockish vox to settle into. I love how that groove falls away for split seconds like a feverish inhalation of air before going for the jugular once again. The chorus feels sort of 90's grunge meets post grunge (I thought of Alice in Chains for whatever reason, just for a moment). I love that the hammering clamor (which is so incredible dense) leaves way for truly soaring vocal melodies.
Watch the Official Video for "The Wave" set against the power of the song and you will undoubtedly smile and maybe wince. There are moments of joy, in the story. The kind of joy that happens unexpectedly during a struggle. There are things that go awry. I don't want to give too much away except to say that is left me thinking of the nature of things. Oh, and there is humor too.
Video director Ali Gill comments:
"The video is a kind of twisted, comedic, human-form adaptation of The Scorpion & The Frog parable. The story follows a parasitic character who persuades a stranger to carry him to his destination - and the subsequent events that unfold between them that day.
"It was important for the video to have this uncanny, deadpan tone. A lot of this came from the performance: we experimented a lot before shooting on what might be the most abnormal - and almost disturbing - method of carrying another human, which is present in most of the shots of the video. I wanted to capture the oddity of the actors in quite a composed and dispassionate manner. We were often shooting from afar on long lenses - with the actors performing amongst the public. Perhaps characteristic of South London, the sight of a man being dragged across the pavement caused no one to bat an eye. I love that."
Vocalist Tobie Anderson adds:
"The video for 'The Wave' tells its own little story about struggle and hardship and what it looks like when that struggle kills you…obviously we interpreted that in the most literal way we could, ‘cuz of the amount of THC floating 'round our wrinkly old veins."
"The video is a kind of twisted, comedic, human-form adaptation of The Scorpion & The Frog parable. The story follows a parasitic character who persuades a stranger to carry him to his destination - and the subsequent events that unfold between them that day.
"It was important for the video to have this uncanny, deadpan tone. A lot of this came from the performance: we experimented a lot before shooting on what might be the most abnormal - and almost disturbing - method of carrying another human, which is present in most of the shots of the video. I wanted to capture the oddity of the actors in quite a composed and dispassionate manner. We were often shooting from afar on long lenses - with the actors performing amongst the public. Perhaps characteristic of South London, the sight of a man being dragged across the pavement caused no one to bat an eye. I love that."
Vocalist Tobie Anderson adds:
"The video for 'The Wave' tells its own little story about struggle and hardship and what it looks like when that struggle kills you…obviously we interpreted that in the most literal way we could, ‘cuz of the amount of THC floating 'round our wrinkly old veins."
The world feels fucking nuts right now but maybe it's because we are all looking for the bad. I dunno. "The Wave" is from InTechnicolour's upcoming album "Midnight Heavyweight" dropping on November 4th, 2022 via Small Pond Records.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Brighton’s InTechnicolour combine haunting, powerful vocals with suspenseful,progressive clean sections and anthemic, unforgettable choruses, landing somewhere between the slack desert-groove of Kyuss and Karma to Burn. However, their influences don't end there, as their penchant for combining simple yet deeply satisfying riffs with a dynamic vocal style calls to mind the sounds of Baroness, Gojira and Mastodon through to Drenge. A tour de force on the live stage, in the last year-or-so they have supported Black Peaks as well as heading out on the road as part ofUpset Magazine's 'About ToBreak' tour alongside fellow rising rock acts Bitch Falcon, Drones and Haggard Cat
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InTechnicolour, Brighton, England, alt rock, stoner rock, post grunge, post rock, heavy rock, "The Wave", upcoming album, "Midnight Heavyweight", Small Pond Records,
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