by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
With their twin telepathy at an all time high (just check out their recent appearance on Mr. Beast), Venus Twins have finally been stitched together, quite literally in their latest video. Their new EP, /\/\/\/\/ (Pronounced Stitching), requires a parenthetical definition just as much as it requires a dismantling of all senses. The duo of Jake (drums) and Matt Derting (bass, vocals) have been making freaked out noise punk for the better part of a decade, honing a mix of chaotic intensity together with moments of warped tranquility, each equally disarming when paired together. Set to follow up the immersive carnage of 2022’s PRAXIS, Venus Twins have found a new home at Three One G, joining the ranks of fellow freaked out visionaries The Locust, Head Wound City, Stress Positions, and Fuck Money.
Their latest single, “I Just Can’t Get Enough!” is clamoring with a full sensory onslaught from the introduction, but Venus Twins are nothing if not dexterous in the songwriting, moving from one place to the next at blinding speed. The rampant attack of the bass and drums one moment peels away the next, reshaping and mutating with every jerky twist in their cavalcade of unpredictable art punk. There’s enough shifting ideas and frantic convulsions to make your head spin, a dizzying and discordant manic energy that’s brutal but brainy.
Speaking about the video, the band shared:
“We might as well be siamese twins, we literally do everything together, so why not showcase that in a music video? For "I Just Can't Get Enough!,” Matt sewed together two shirts, and two pairs of pants, for us to wear as one outfit. We wanted to showcase the same imagery/vibe from the EP concept and artwork, so our sewing machine is present throughout, including making tiny clothes for action figures that look like us.
“/\/\/\/\/“, pronounced “Stitching”, is an EP about sewing the tears up in our lives, obsessing less, learning and moving forward. “I Just Can’t Get Enough!” specifically is about how a romantic relationship fell apart, due to this kind of thinking.”