If you’re having trouble readjusting your eyes to the office strip lights after the long bank holiday weekend, Lightning Bolt’s latest video should either crack through the chocolate-induced lethargy and revive you for the day ahead or force you into silent, stupefied submission.
The Metal East is the latest track taken from the experimental bass and drum duo’s Fantasy Empire, their first album since 2009’s Earthly Delights. Backed by an animated video created by Lale Westvind, their colossal, adrenaline-inciting noise is set to images of psychedelic demons riding dinosaurs through a muddied landscape. Take a look and let us know what you make of it.
The cult duo from Providence, Rhode Island, perform throughout Europe in June and July, stopping off in London for a set at the Roundhouse for Mogwai’s 20th anniversary series, joining GZA, Tortoise, Loop and Mugstar on the bill.
