Toronto’s Casper Skulls have released the video for Love Brain to coincide with the release of their debut EP, which is out via Buzz Records now. Watch it via YouTube below.
The EP entitled ‘Lips & Skull’ arrives at the end of what has been a busy first year of existence for Casper Skulls, who have built a reputation as one of Toronto’s most exciting new bands on the back of their self-released ‘King of Gold’ 7″, their first Buzz Records single Mink Coats, and their intense live shows with acts like Perfect Pussy, Dilly Dally, Screaming Females, Speedy Ortiz, Julie Ruin, Suuns and Greys.
Following an early 2016 Canadian tour supporting Solids and the Dirty Nil, the band began working on the EP in February with Josh Korody (Dilly Dally, Fucked Up, Beliefs) and producer Shehzaad Jiwani of Greys. Inspired by the friendship between Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell as depicted in correspondence between the two reproduced in Hell’s memoir “I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp,” letters from which the band takes its name and the EP gets its title, ‘Lips & Skull’ introduces Casper Skulls by capturing them at a crucial moment of their development, exploring the different facets and avenues of influence that define their sound. Vocalist/guitarist Neil Bednis depicts the EP as “a document of some of the earliest songs we worked on together,” and as such it functions as a snapshot of a young band at the moment of discovery, harnessing for the first time the depth and direction of their considerable potential.
Love Brain is the third single from ‘Lips & Skull’ and the first Casper Skulls track to feature guitarist Melanie St-Pierre as the lead vocalist. The video was directed by Shawn Kosmerly and depicts the aftermath of failed relationship that has persisted in a state that St-Pierre describes to Noisey as “a feeling where you’re not in love with someone but you try and convince yourself that you are, so you stay with them even though you make each other miserable.”
In support of the EP the band have announced a North American tour which includes their first shows in the US. Details can be found below.
‘Lips & Skull’ is out now via Buzz Records. It’s streaming via Spotify, available for purchase digitally via iTunes and physically here.
Track list
1. Devotion
2. Lips & Skull
3. Errands
4. Love Brain
5. Caught on a Wire
Tour dates
11/11 Montreal, QC @ Turbohaus
11/12 Boston, MA @ O’Briens
11/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium
11/14 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong
11/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
11/16 Cincinnati, OH @ Comet
11/19 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/26 Toronto, ON @ Baby G
