Maybe it would have been a little too on-the-nose, but there are no moths in the new video for the track “Like Moths,” from Wisconsin post-black metal quartet Corridoré. There are are however lots of close-up scenes of cowboys getting thrown from bulls, intermingled with live shots of the band performing in what looks like a rehearsal studio. And the song’s quiet piano-based coda is a whole other vibe altogether with images of what look like mannequins in a room filled with elaborate chandeliers. As esoteric as it all seems, the visuals—courtesy of director Jorge Torres Torres (Modest Mouse, Lamb of God, Imperial Triumphant)—do seem to fit the nine-minute track, which goes from pensive and moody to heavy and sludgy and back to quiet and calm. The band—Eric Andraska (bass/vocals), Matt Allen (guitars/vocals), Russell Emerson Hall (guitars/vocals), Nick Bartley (drums)—is extremely proficient in building layers, both instrumentally and dynamically. “Like Moths” is taken from Corridoré’s upcoming full-length, Abandon.
Abandon was recorded and mixed by Dustin Sisson at Blast House Studios in Madison WI, with additional recording by guitarist/vocalist Russell Emerson Hall. It was mastered by Carl Saff in Chicago IL, and is set for release on vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally via Hypaethral Records on August 22. Place your preorder here. or here (Bandcamp).
Bassist/vocalist Eric Andraska had this to say about the track:
“I wrote the lyrics to this song thinking about how, ‘like moths,’ we are drawn towards ‘the light,’ no matter how much we fight it. I was stuck in a rut thinking about the past. But I eventually came to the realization that much of that had to be left behind. It’s about the harsh dichotomy of having to go forward with ‘our hearts open wide,’ but also acknowledging that we’ve given up and it is indeed ‘for the last time.'”
