Mega Bog Premieres “For the Old World” Video.
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Mega Bog, the art-pop project of multi-instrumentalist Erin Birgy, will release her new album Dolphine on June 28, and today she shares new single “For The Old World” alongside an incredible video directed by Laura Conway, premiered by Stereogum. The video features Birgy roaming the American West in chainmail and was inspired by the work of classic filmmakers Ingmar Bergman, Sergei Parajanov, David Lynch, and Michael Powell. It takes its stunning vintage look from its printing on Agfacolor film, a discontinued German film stock.
Watch “For the Old World”
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“When I was writing ‘For the Old World,'” says Birgy, “the song was kind of oozing out, sneering and murky, sort of like the feeling I sometimes get when I’ve spent so much time (sometimes years) on the quality/integrity/authenticity of a project, whether it’s a social/romantic/friendship or music/meaning/impressions-and then something really hits you in a devastating way, and you’re on this gnarly bender where you become deliberately evil to reflect the absurdity of the whole story. Like walking out of the shower, shaved and sudsed, the light is glowing, the thunderstorm is over, and you trip in a patch of poison ivy and watch your skin boil, torturing that idyllic splinter of peace.
“The video takes some space from the song’s imagery, and experiments with stories that already exist, to play with our perspectives of the impressions they made, by mirroring the alien worlds in my literal backyard, sort of saying goodbye to these beautiful scenes and environments that have been so dangerous and healing. We tried to visually inspire the jumps from the old and new worlds that are a part of a dreaming human’s bubble of thought.”
Dolphine is out June 28 and also features the previously released single “Diary of a Rose.” The record is available for pre-order HERE (LP/CD) and elsewhere HERE (LP/CD/DL/streaming/international options).
“Prismatic avant-pop that balances warbling melodies with unexpected bursts of frenetic energy.” – NPR
“Imagine an adventure game quest with Yoko Ono as your guide, or Laurie Anderson doing her best David Attenborough impression: a deep, joyful abstraction that draws to a pure, human conclusion.” – PITCHFORK
“‘Diary of a Rose’ is a stunning introduction to the new record, a jazzy/breezy gem with vaguely sinister undertones, teeming with Birgy’s unforgettably peculiar and vivid lyrical phrasing.” – GORILLA VS. BEAR
“Rooted in guitar-driven post-punk, [‘Diary of a Rose’] flourishes with synths, squeaks, and feedback, sending it way out into the wilderness and back again.” – AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
“Sci-fi inspired, warm and idiosyncratic Americana-pop.” – TINY MIX TAPES
“Spacious, warm, and eerie.” – STEREOGUM
“Beautiful, otherworldly.” – BROOKLYN VEGAN
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