September Girls Reveal New Video For "Black Oil"
New EP Veneer out now on Kanine Records
"With witchy girl group harmonies and a layered, moody feel, it's really hard not
be charmed by them." - Nerve.com
"Their songs are dreamy and poppy but have an understated gothic essence." - The Guardian
for more music from the band." - The Line of Best Fit
Watch: "Black Oil" video via Culture Collide or YouTube
As the year draws to a close, September Girls reveal their new video for "Black Oil", taken from their latest EP Veneer (out now on Kanine Records in the US and Fortuna POP! in Europe). The video premiered at Culture Collide who said, "the video for "Black Oil," a monochromatic compilation of eerie scenes and the ghostly quintet that was birthed from a night of drinks and a dream." Culture Collide adds, "Dublin's noise-pop five piece are still keeping it fresh after releasing their debut albumCursing the Sea earlier this year. Instead of the expected harmonious vocals, the song begins with heavy strings and pulsing drums then spoken lyrics that become heavy screams at the climax." Brooding and ghostly, the video for "Black Oil" is littered with spooky imagery and eerie gothic twists. The song is much darker than anything to be found on their remarkable debut Cursing the Sea (which came out earlier in the year), instead of the usual girl band harmonies, it opens with a spikey drumbeat and staccato guitars that break in to a Middle Eastern inspired melody, overlayed with spoken lyrics that climax in to contorted screams.
Written by bassist Paula Cullen, "Black Oil" emerged from a jam session with drummer Sarah Grimes. Paula explains; "The imagery in the lyrics came from a couple of places, the first being a dream I had, the second being some crazy stuff I had written down on Christmas night last after a few drinks. The meaning of the lyrics "if I could swim, I'd be dead by now" is about acceptance of ones own limitations and the realisation that perhaps sometimes your perceived shortcomings can be the thing that saves you."
2014 has shaped up to be a year of triumph for Dublin-based noise pop quintet September Girls.Following their signing to UK based Fortuna POP! they kicked off the year with the incredible success of their first full length album Cursing the Sea in January. Filled with driving drums, doom-filled fuzz guitars and perfect monochrome vocal harmonies, the album delivered on the buzz surrounding their well-received late 2013 single, "Heartbeats".
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus And Mary Chain, the five-piece play reverb-soaked noise-pop of the finest order, with distant layered harmonies, swirling organ and distorted guitar described byNylon as "dark, moody and pretty damn cool" while Time Magazine called them the newest addition to Dublin's rich musical history.
In the intervening months September Girls has been busy on the road, playing SXSW and New York's CMJ as well as UK festivals such as Beacons, Body & Soul, Great Escape, Stag and Dagger and Wales Goes Pop, not to mention a mobbed show to a packed Berwick Street for Record Store Day. Bobby Gillespie and Andy Weatherall turned up for their show at The Lexington in London and they were invited to support Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in Dublin.
As their year of triumph draws to a close, September Girls returns with a brand new four track EP titled Veneer, recorded deep underground in Guerrilla Studios, Dublin. Whilst still retaining their signature drenched feedback sound, the tracks have a greater depth and polish than the album recordings.
The perfect way to round off September Girls' incredible year, the EP builds on the foundations of
Cursing The Sea to offer a tantalizing glimpse into the band's future as purveyors of the finest dark-hearted pop.
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