{"id":34511,"date":"2020-06-21T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34511"},"modified":"2020-06-20T13:47:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:47:17","slug":"pom-pom-squad-shares-crimson-clover-video-for-pride-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34511","title":{"rendered":"Pom Pom Squad shares \u2018Crimson + Clover\u2019 video for Pride Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brooklyn indie rock darlings\u00a0Pom Pom Squad<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>have shared a new video for their horror-movie-inspired take on Tommy James &amp; The Shondells\u2019 <em>Crimson + Clover<\/em> in honour of Pride Month. Both the song and video were made completely in quarantine. Of the song, frontperson Mia Berrin says,\u00a0<em>\u201cThis year would have been my first Pride as an \u2018out\u2019 person. It took me a long time to come to terms with my identity in a true and honest way, but I am proud to meet myself where I am now. This year, the idea of walking down a street proudly, in my queerness and in my brown skin, feels particularly difficult for a multitude of obvious reasons, but this song is my small celebration of the scary, complicated, empowering process of owning my black, queer identity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Watch the video clip for <em>Crimson + Clover<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<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\/Jv3kpU6T01I?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-piece reminiscent of early Hole, Mitski and PJ Harvey has become a staple in Brooklyn for their modern grunge sound and raucous live shows, sharing the stage with indie-rock mainstays like\u00a0Soccer Mommy, Adult Mom, Pronoun, Rosie Tucker\u00a0and more. Prior to the national quarantine, the band was slated for a string of upcoming tour dates opening for\u00a0Disq\u00a0and\u00a0The Front Bottoms\u00a0this past spring, in addition to\u00a0SXSW\u00a0showcases with\u00a0AV Club, Neon Gold, The Grey Estates<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and more.\u00a0<br><br>Alongside Berrin, the band features bassist Mari Al\u00e9 Figeman, drummer Shelby Keller, and guitarist Alex Mercuri. Hailing from a variety of different backgrounds &#8212; from Keller\u2019s jazz training to Berrin\u2019s classic hip-hop and new wave upbringing &#8212; the group manages to be serious without taking themselves too seriously. It\u2019s that balance of solemnity and whimsy that allows punk and tenderness to live side by side: chunky, distorted guitar on some tracks, and near-whisper on others; brash yells or tame, wry wit.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br>Their\u00a0<em>2019\u00a0<\/em>EP<strong><em>\u00a0\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Ow\u2019 was previously championed by the likes of\u00a0Pitchfork, FADER, Stereogum, Paste, SiriusXM Alt Nation, Under the Radar, Highsnobiety,\u00a0Refinery29\u00a0and more, with\u00a0Thrillist\u00a0naming lead single <em><a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=c2abd0652d&amp;e=3a430a552a\">Heavy Heavy<\/a><\/em> one of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=405a72c2fc&amp;e=3a430a552a\">The Best Songs of 2019<\/a>. Berrin\u2019s music reveals internal discord &#8212; she\u2019s intent to cast off the \u201cnice girl\u201d narrative, turning herself inside out to show that she isn\u2019t so put-together after all. Also integral to Berrin\u2019s self-excoration is her existence as a queer woman of colour, two identities that come with their own preconceived notions. With lyrics centering on mental health, abuse, trauma, and healing, Pom Pom Squad pursues radical self-acceptance through periodic self-exposure and self-undressing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brooklyn indie rock darlings\u00a0Pom Pom Squad\u00a0have shared a new video for their horror-movie-inspired take on Tommy James &amp; The Shondells\u2019 Crimson + Clover in honour <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34511\" title=\"Pom Pom Squad shares \u2018Crimson + Clover\u2019 video for Pride Month\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34512,"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":"On Culture Addicts: Pom Pom Squad shares \u2018Crimson + Clover\u2019 video for Pride Month","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":[22,23,28,29],"tags":[9326,8109,9327],"class_list":["post-34511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-crimson-clover","tag-pom-pom-squad","tag-pride"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/C43FBFF9-922D-44BF-954F-6C46DEBDB625.png?fit=434%2C584&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8YD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31229,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=31229","url_meta":{"origin":34511,"position":0},"title":"Pom Pom Squad shares &#8216;Heavy Heavy&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"June 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Brooklyn-based\u00a0Pom Pom Squad\u00a0has shared their new track\u00a0Heavy Heavy. 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