S.Lo on March 19th, 2019

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After-school cartoon and Star Trek fans will love the latest video for Rival Tides‘ latest single, “Vultures!” Directed by Robyn August and Zoninj at what looks to be the iconic Vazquez Rocks on the way up the Eastern Sierra spine of California, the aggressive, guitar-driven quartet from L.A. (Robyn August, Spencer Kent, Jason Friday and Greg Fulleman) turn up the cheese to the point of no return.

It’s a refreshing lack of self-importance as the band, in both real and animated forms, battle vultures like a good old-school video game with just laser tasers while a random unicorn neighs in the distance. It could be said that the premise of the video is a bit intergalactic colonial, but perhaps that’s an unpacking of the entire sci-fi genre for another day. It’s obvious that the band means to make viewers and listeners hoot in incredulous laughter and think in nostalgia about sillier times while rocking the song’s message of resistance to parasitic forces, singing, “I can’t breathe / With all these walls around me / The moment I found myself I saw everyone else and they don’t really like this / They’re willing to take my life with a fork and knife / That sells advertising.” It’s an astute observation of getting caught up in the vulturistic media machine. The song is the second single for the band’s first full-length album, “My God Is Fire,” produced by Beau Burchell (Saosin, The Bronx, Senses Fail) and just released this past Friday.

||| Watch: The video for “Vultures!”

||| Live: Rival Tides celebrate their album release at the Satellite on March 28, with the Active Set and Moa opening. Tickets

||| Also: Watch the video for “All My Friends Are Stoned”

||| Also: Stream “My God Is Fire” in its entirety