{"id":27619,"date":"2017-12-16T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2019-06-02T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T00:13:08","slug":"thumpasaurus-release-video-mental-karate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27619","title":{"rendered":"Thumpasaurus release video for &#8216;Mental Karate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Comedic funk-punks,Thumpasaurus, who were recently included in AV Club&#8217;s Year in Band Names\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/and-of-course-anal-trump-the-year-in-band-names-2017-1820336004?utm_medium=sharefromsite&amp;utm_source=The_A.V._Club_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roundup<\/a>\u2014have just released a new single\/video, <em>Mental Karate<\/em>. You can watch the video clip via YouTube below.<\/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\/M137mZI3rLE?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><em>Mental Karate<\/em> premiered on Buzz Bands LA, who wrote, <em>&#8220;Their new single packs a Devo wallop and leaves you all Weird Al in the\u00a0stomach \u2014 especially as played out in director Jocelyn Cooper&#8217;s video for\u00a0the song.<\/em>&#8221; You can check out the interactive website for the video here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatichopped.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whatichopped.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thumpasauras&#8217; wacky songs, mixed with their off-the-rails brand of comedy, have won\u00a0over a cult-like following and helped the band establish quite a reputation locally. 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You can watch the video <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27619\" title=\"Thumpasaurus release video for &#8216;Mental Karate&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27620,"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],"tags":[274,6968,6969],"class_list":["post-27619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-comedy-2","tag-mental-karate","tag-thumpasaurus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-29-at-4.25.36-PM.png?fit=320%2C212&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7bt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37571,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=37571","url_meta":{"origin":27619,"position":0},"title":"Karate, Guns &#038; Tanning unleash fierce new single \u2018White Nights\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Karate, Guns & Tanning have shared a surprise new single White Nights that follows on the heels of their ferocious, critically-acclaimed debut album\u00a0\u2018Concrete Beach\u2019 that came out in late March. 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