This year’s first Converse Rubber Tracks Live show in Boston will feature rock veterans Deerhunter, with Somerville's Mini Dresses.
The all-ages event happens Wednesday, May 11th at The Sinclair in Harvard Square, Cambridge.
Voted the #1 best rock band right now by SPIN, Deerhunter has released seven albums to date throughout their decade-long career, gaining critical praise for their experimental sounds and compelling performances. The band hand-selected dream pop opening act Mini Dresses, who previously had the opportunity to record at the Converse Rubber Tracks recording studio in Boston, at no cost.
Watch the official music video for "Speech of Foxes" now.
Airy and placid, Gem Club’s “Speech of Foxes” is an example of how a simple song can be the perfect canvas for interpretation, and how the marriage of audio and visual can create the necessary ballast to a piece of work. “The track really resonated with me on a personal level,” Director Ben Phillippo explains. “I wanted to create visuals that explored loss in a symbolic way, depicting something poetic as well as tragic. I imagined a wooden man, and how vulnerable and fragile he might be if exposed to fire, and the concept grew from there.”
The wooden man evolved into weathered flesh and blood, as the main character (played by Jack Goldman) demonstrates how connected we are to memories and experiences in the official music video for “Speed of Foxes” off Gem Club’s 2014 ‘In Roses’ (Hardly Art). Both solemn and satisfying, we travel the journey of a man's life has he reflects on the past. “It snowed unexpectedly on the day, and we rolled with it-- I'm glad we did, because it took the drama up a notch,” Phillippo added.
Local artists interested in working with Ben and his team can find contact details at benphillippo.com.
Purchase ‘In Roses’ by Somerville dream pop band Gem Club at most online retailers including Bandcamp - $10 digital, $11 CD, $16 double vinyl with digital download code.
Director/VFX: Ben Phillippo
Producers: Cara Campanelli and Katherine Griwert
Disposable America recently announced that indie rock / dream pop band Burglary Years is set to release their debut LP ‘100 Roses’ digitally and on cassette tape this July. To celebrate, a record release show is scheduled at The Democracy Center in Harvard Square on July 17th with synth pop band Teenender, the one-man drum extravaganza that has been recently blowing everyone away, Chrome Over Brass, and 2014 Boston Music Awards "Punk Artist of the Year", the band that makes you feel feelings, The Hotelier. All of the yeses.
The show has a $5-10 donation and is all ages.
► Stream the first single “Hatch” on Absolute Punk now. Vinyl pressing of ‘100 Roses’ to be released late 2015 on Dog Knights Productions (UK) & Signal Fire Press.
Disposable America is a record label, zine publisher and button maker located in Allston, Massachusetts.
