by Tom Gallo (@lookatmyrecords)
We’re thrilled to premiere the new video for “Body Anchor (Back in Atlantis)” from veteran New Jersey post-hardcore outfit (Damn) This Desert Air. The video is a powerful accompaniment to a guttural song, both sonically and lyrically. The guitars are powerful and overwhelming right from the start, as a towering and melodic wall of sound quickly emerges. The serrated guitars have an aggressive Screaming Trees-like snarl to them and frontman Craig Cirinelli’s booming voice acutely conveys the harsh, piercing reality of the lyrics. The crushing lyrics appear to detail a scenario where a confidant or trusted person kicks you when you’re down, but the metaphorical words cut much deeper.
With vivid drowning imagery, Cirinelli describes being “Tied to the seat with ankles bound / You throw me over / With lead on my feet you send me down / This body anchor.” The purple-hued video, directed by Justin Wilson (Toadies, True Widow, Polyphonic Spree) is both eerie and suspenseful, as it follows the protagonist as he traverses through a purple-hued forest. He first pulls a guitar from the bank of a lake, moving through the woods with it in slow motion as he’s pursued by a cloaked figure. The setting eventually morphs into darkness, before splitting into two as he slowly approaches the ominous figure.
"Body Anchor (Back in Atlantis)” will appear on (Damn) This Desert Air's new EP Nebulosity, which is set for release on July 24th via Engineer Records.