{"id":17706,"date":"2015-11-01T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17706"},"modified":"2015-10-31T11:20:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T15:20:30","slug":"gems-share-video-for-%c2%93soak%c2%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17706","title":{"rendered":"GEMS share video for &#8216;\u0093Soak\u0094&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the release of their debut album\u00a0&#8216;Kill the One You Love,&#8217; GEMS have shared their first official video for \u0093<em>Soak<\/em>.\u0094 Watch it below via YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cTexCSYG-4Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Directors WACHO write, <em>&#8220;The film portrays a young couple\u0092s relationship mutating\/deteriorating through different scenarios. What holds them together is what is making them fall apart. This destructive impulse will be personified as a menacing force, external to the couple, materialized in nature, faceless characters, darkness and confined spaces. The external force is the fear of: loneliness &#8211; the unknown &#8211; loosing identity &#8211; the void. The contradiction: pure\/destructive &#8211; together\/apart &#8211; light\/darkness &#8211; dream\/nightmare &#8211; real\/surreal. Asphyxia. Sensuality.\u0094&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GEMS is the duo of Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John Usher. Their debut album,\u00a0&#8216;Kill the One You Love,&#8217; is out now via Carpark Records and indulges in evocative shadow pop, balancing gauzy atmospherics with an emotional heft that explores existential longing and raw human truths.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Kill the One You Love cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-Kill-the-One-You-Love-cover-art_zps0xf9ajrs.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>&#8216;Kill the One You Love&#8217;\u00a0track listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Blood Runs<br \/>\n2. w\/o u<br \/>\n3. Soak<br \/>\n4. Living As A Ghost<br \/>\n5. Empires Fall<br \/>\n6. Heartbreaker<br \/>\n7. Scars<br \/>\n8. Tangled Memories<br \/>\n9. Savior<br \/>\n10. Epitaph<br \/>\n11. White Light<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Order\u00a0&#8216;Kill the One You Love&#8217;\u00a0now via\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001NojfPYq9Ri5S88tqMdE9Vgdjp3j3UxIRJG0BssbgIldgtTWvgm6fLMZs_S5jPZKRFjhkADxbiiQvbe0_lPjgOPC0cXP6_303Wc-KO8HXEP46wKtIYypib4ujSWnyxTBgkERBx0Bs5Au9rBiaaJJCBK6Hd1fLfGTaCtfD7JkxPU5eiExC5nZ9Vg==&amp;c=5qP_we5erEvnSFwZSeKx8t89Baj5DDs6V5f46HaNxFV3T6v0syNDmw==&amp;ch=r5ypo8SF3bIWCXbAH9TmSi_V6agdN-upO9pEyFUcg6vzMJy7Fllpww==\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"\">iTunes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001NojfPYq9Ri5S88tqMdE9Vgdjp3j3UxIRJG0BssbgIldgtTWvgm6fLMZs_S5jPZKRog_v8LrYVEZckLX0e1HBjXGNkMPGcdAHL80JFTimTlhLojJm_6GXqr7CIpW80Lmivi-skMLnmMQDZpFQhdfk4052i_Vike22g1H7IOtWvsB8VbxNqkhYtg==&amp;c=5qP_we5erEvnSFwZSeKx8t89Baj5DDs6V5f46HaNxFV3T6v0syNDmw==&amp;ch=r5ypo8SF3bIWCXbAH9TmSi_V6agdN-upO9pEyFUcg6vzMJy7Fllpww==\" target=\"_blank\">Carpark\u00a0Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>To celebrate the release of their debut album\u00a0&#8216;Kill the One You Love,&#8217; GEMS have shared their first official video for \u0093Soak.\u0094 Watch it below via <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17706\" title=\"GEMS share video for &#8216;\u0093Soak\u0094&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,29,30],"tags":[1458,3662,3668,3713],"class_list":["post-17706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-carpark-records","tag-gems","tag-kill-the-one-you-love","tag-soak"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/soak-still.jpg?fit=639%2C274&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-4BA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17591,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17591","url_meta":{"origin":17706,"position":0},"title":"GEMS &#8216;Kill The One You Love&#8217; debut album out via Carpark Records","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"GEMS will release their highly anticipated debut album next Friday, and they are currently\u00a0streaming 'Kill the One You Love' in full via\u00a0Hype Machine\u00a0below.\u00a0 Stream GEMS\u0092 full album \u0091'Kill the One You Love'\u0092 via\u00a0Hype Machine The duo of Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John Usher, GEMS craft songs that play out like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;indie&quot;","block_context":{"text":"indie","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"GEMS Photo Credit: Kristen Wrzesniewski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-by-Kristen-Wrzesniewski-1-copy_zpsfvnojoun.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-by-Kristen-Wrzesniewski-1-copy_zpsfvnojoun.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GEMS-by-Kristen-Wrzesniewski-1-copy_zpsfvnojoun.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17583,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=17583","url_meta":{"origin":17706,"position":1},"title":"The Wild Honey Pie presents &#8216;Spooky Mansion&#8217; concert experience","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Just for Halloween 2015, The Wild Honey Pie presents the 'Spooky Mansion' experience from October 28 - 31. 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