EARLY EYES
SHARE NEW MUSIC VIDEO
“DYING PLANT”
FROM DEBUT ALBUM
ON TOUR THIS FALL/WINTER
Minneapolis based indie band Early Eyes have shared a new music video for track “Dying Plant” from their debut album ‘Look Alive!’ via Epitaph Records. Driven by a percussion based groove, the upbeat jam unfolds with a dexterous guitar riff and cathartic chanting during the hook. The DIY music video is as quirky and endearing as the individual band members, featuring a Muppet-style hand puppet and a very convincing old man costume.
“Dying Plant is a song about taking care of yourself! A stressful day can age you 100 years. It’s important to water your plants and do the small things for yourself that make you feel good. In the video, you can see our protagonist, Epitatch Richards, doing what he needs to do to relax on his 300th birthday.” – Early Eyes
Queer band Early Eyes signed to Epitaph Records in January 2020 and put out their first singles with the label that March—just as the pandemic brought the entire music industry screeching to a halt. As weeks turned into months, and as their city of Minneapolis imploded in a catastrophic moment of fury, grief and protest, the band alternated between doing what they could to support mutual aid efforts and holing up in the studio to channel their complicated emotions into song.
“It almost feels like Look Alive! is a direct response to the pandemic,” vocalist Jake Berglove reflects. “We took all of that anxiety and angry energy and put it into making a really fucked up album.” But at the same time, “The album was not just an expression of all of our frustrations, but also an escape from it,” adds guitarist Joe Villano.
The songs on Look Alive! vibrate with angst, punctuated by computerized glitches and disintegrating threads of abandoned melodies that echo in the distance before roaring back to life. Produced by Caleb Hinz (Hippo Campus, Samia) and Jake Luppen of Hippo Campus, Look Alive! looks ahead to a post-genre future where emo, post-hardcore, Japanese city pop, and musical theater can coexist peacefully on one album.
Early Eyes will be hitting the road this fall in support of Toronto band Good Kid, and then Florida band Flipturn. Tickets are on sale now, for more information visit https://earlyeyes.band.
EARLY EYES TOUR DATES
supporting Good Kid
09.13.22 Seattle, WA Madame Lou’s
09.14.22 Portland, OR Polaris Hall
09.16.22 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill
09.17.22 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room
09.18.22 San Diego, CA House of Blues San Diego
09.20.22 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10.01.22 Saint Paul, MN The Treasury
supportting Flipturn
11.30.22 Louisville, KY Zanzabar
12.01.22 Nashville, TN The Basement East
12.02.22 Greenville, SC Radio Room Greenville
12.03.22 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
Early Eyes is Jake Berglove (vocals/keys), Joe Villano (guitar), John O’Brien (guitar), Megan Mahoney (bass), and Sam Mathys (drums).
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