Ephedra Premiere Video for “Coco Mango Soup”
Swiss instrumentalists Ephedra released their second album, the quizzically-titled Can’-Ka No Rey — it’s from The Dark Tower — earlier this year via Argonauta Records, and as their new video premiering today shows, one of their aims with the record is to evoke an emotionally resonant form of heavy post-rock. They never quite go for Isis-style push in “Coco Mango Soup,” the track in question, but they’re not ultimately far off from some of the varied ground covered by the likes of Russian Circles, including the metallic undertone one finds in the late use of double-kick in this track.
The Zofingen four-piece, comprised of guitarists Andy Brunner and Roman Hüsler, bassist Kilian Tellenbach and drummer Tomi Roth, made their self-titled debut in 2013. Elsewhere on Can’-Ka No Rey, they build on the first record’s heavy rocking sonic ideology in cuts like “Mother Stone” and the shuffling-‘n’-strumming “Moonshiner,” which comes paired with closer “Southern Love.” These songs are pretty far removed in personality from “Coco Mango Soup” or a song like “Metamorphosis Calypso,” which precedes it, but I have a hard time holding the fact that they show multiple faces sound-wise against a band, particularly when they seem to shift fluidly from one side to another as Can’-Ka No Rey plays out. Still, it makes for a striking front-to-back.
We see the band in the video below playing as silhouettes — dimly lit in the heavy post-rock tradition — as a coinciding sad-lady narrative plays out wordlessly as penned apparently by Brunner, who also directed and produced. You should probably note that I’ve watched the clip a couple times through now and at no point have I seen anyone prepare or consume any soup, of the coco-mango or any other variety. Might call that a missed opportunity, but otherwise it pretty much rocks.
Hope you enjoy:
Ephedra, “Coco Mango Soup” official video
Official music video for ‘COCO MANGO SOUP’ by Ephedra off the new album Can’-Ka No Rey.
Director: Andy Brunner
Script: Andy Brunner
Production Company: www.mrandy.ch
Producer: Andy Brunner
Camera: Jonas Schneider
Light: Michael Hugi
Actresses: Samantha Brunner / Amélie Tellenbach
Ephedra is a stoner rock band from zofingen (switzerland). The sound they describe as “river rock”. Low tuned guitars, a generally bassy setup, driving beats on the drums with a very small pinch of metal. The band has no singer.
Ephedra are:
Roman Hüsler (Guitar)
Andy Brunner (Guitar)
Kilian Tellenbach (Bass)
Tomi Roth (Drums)
