Chicago’s post-punk outfit Ganser have shared their feverish new single Bad Form, which is out along with its cerebral music video (watch it via YouTube below). The video clip was co-directed by Ganser and their frequent collaborator Kirsten Miccoli. The band shared Bad Form ahead of playing Riot Fest in Chicago, who announced that they’ll be performing on Sunday, September 15th.
On the heels of their 2018 debut ‘Odd Talk‘, Ganser has been in the studio recording material over the past six months while working towards their second album. Bad Form is the cathartic reaction to a year-long songwriting period. “When you’re in the middle of writing and recording, it’s very easy to fall into extreme feelings of guilt over procrastination, when you’re already stretched thin,” says bassist and vocalist Alicia Gaines. The song expresses a common yet isolating paralysis of not doing enough. Nadia Garofalo’s agitated vocals for Bad Form represent the band’s collaborative writing process both lyrically and musically. “It’s nice to operate as a team, and act as a unit that can take the burden of some really ugly inner talk.”
In the video, light blinds in a moment of paralysis. Quick cuts and surreal vignettes communicate the wishful thinking of being someone else, running in circles to no end, disorienting doubles and the blinding light of being seen. First as a statement, then a command, the track ends with the mantra “Look at the sun,” accompanied by visceral gnashing guitar by Charlie Landsman and punching drums from Brian Cundiff. The cacophony dovetails with Gaines’ methodical
