The Crawling‘s incredible new EP, What We Leave Behind, was released by Grindscene Records on October 2nd and today, October 23rd, the band have unveiled an enthralling new video for the second and concluding track from that opus of melancholy magic. ‘Bound To The Negative (Requiem)‘ is a complete transformation of a song that first appeared on The Crawling’s majestic All Of This For Nothing album. Reborn in acoustic form, it has taken on new depth and emotional weight, invoking powerfully emotive layers of atmosphere. The Crawling’s guitarist and vocalist Andy Clarke explains how this unexpected ghost of things past came to be…“I received an acoustic guitar as a present, and initially wasn’t really sure what to do with it. I sent it to my guitar tech to have it tuned down to B, so I could experiment with some existing Crawling songs. Almost immediately, I started playing ‘Bound To The Negative’, and it really lent itself to the acoustic arrangement. I recorded a version, didn’t let anyone hear it, and it sat there for about a year.
When we recorded ‘A Song to Nurse the Sickness‘, we started thinking about putting together a release. The theme of nostalgia seemed to fit perfectly with revisiting ‘Bound To The Negative’. We were looking back at a song we already knew, but rewriting and reinterpreting it, much like we do with our own memories. It wasn’t something we’d planned. Everything just came together naturally, and the two songs made sense as a release. I found the prospect of releasing a song with entirely clean vocals quite unnerving. There’s nowhere to hide without the death metal vocals, and it feels incredibly exposed. But we wanted to do it, so we did.“
As for the video that accompanies ‘Bound To The Negative (Requiem)’, Andy and The Crawling’s bassist, Adrien Crozet created the haunting clip on one cold, quiet night, as Andy explains…
“For the video, I wanted to create something isolated, dark and melancholic, but with a real sense of space. Adrien and I went out around midnight and found somewhere in our city that was quiet, isolated and exposed. We had very limited lighting and only about twenty minutes to shoot because everything was running on batteries. That forced us to work quickly, and the whole thing is quite raw as a result. But it works. It came out exactly as I’d hoped.
I think it captures the loneliness of looking back on things. No one knows how you see the past.”
The video for ‘Bound To The Negative (Requiem)’ is available to view now, at The Crawling’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNXvg9RRhdA
The Crawling are heading out on the road to support the release of What We Leave Behind – their nine-date trek beginning with two dates in Ireland on October 24th and 25th and concluding with a prestigious appearance at the Bloodstock Winter Gathering at K.K.’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton on December 5th.
24 October – Dublin, Fibber Magees
25 October – Limerick, Siege of Limerick
31 October – Halifax, Albany Arcade
1 November – Oxford, Rabidfest
26 November – Southampton, Suburbia
27 November – London, Helgi’s
28 November – Nottingham, Tap & Tumbler
29 November – Cardiff, Eradicationfest
5 December – Wolverhampton, Bloodstock Winter Gathering
Details of the Dublin and Limerick shows can be found here:
Dublin – https://ourdividepromotions.com
Limerick – https://www.siegeoflimerick.net
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