Toronto psych-popsters Absolutely Free have shared a video for their new single "Interface," the second offering from their upcoming sophomore album Aftertouch, which is due to arrive on September 24 through Boiled Records.
The song furthers the sound of previously released Aftertouch single "How to Paint Clouds," with glittering synths and shaggy psych guitar.
Frontperson Matt King described the new track as "a pseudo-love song that interludes between two versions of self," which recalls "an adolescent summer where I spent every waking hour on early web-based chat programs, instead of going outside."
He continued: "Typical coming-of-age feelings of loss and confusion were further conflated by prioritizing an emerging potential of a new virtual identity more 'real' than a physical self."
The acid-drenched video, created by Australian artist Benjamin Portas, illustrates this exploration of a virtual identity through a kitschy, 1980s digital kaleidoscope. Watch the video below.
Aftertouch was produced by Jorge Elbrecht, who's worked with No Joy, Gang Gang Dance and Japanese Breakfast. According to a press release, the new album was inspired by krautrock, new wave, the proliferation of international psychedelic and funk Compilations, and early forms of electronic dance music.
The song furthers the sound of previously released Aftertouch single "How to Paint Clouds," with glittering synths and shaggy psych guitar.
Frontperson Matt King described the new track as "a pseudo-love song that interludes between two versions of self," which recalls "an adolescent summer where I spent every waking hour on early web-based chat programs, instead of going outside."
He continued: "Typical coming-of-age feelings of loss and confusion were further conflated by prioritizing an emerging potential of a new virtual identity more 'real' than a physical self."
The acid-drenched video, created by Australian artist Benjamin Portas, illustrates this exploration of a virtual identity through a kitschy, 1980s digital kaleidoscope. Watch the video below.
Aftertouch was produced by Jorge Elbrecht, who's worked with No Joy, Gang Gang Dance and Japanese Breakfast. According to a press release, the new album was inspired by krautrock, new wave, the proliferation of international psychedelic and funk Compilations, and early forms of electronic dance music.
