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Mose Giganticus Launch Singles Series with “We are One” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on May 12th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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With their new song and video, Philadelphia heavy post-rock duo Mose Giganticus begin an ambitious project intended, it seems, to basically put songs out as they’re written. They’re calling it a singles series, and their new video for the track “We are One” adds visual flourish and deeply creative lighting to the marching rhythm and atmospheric heft of the track, but I think what it rounds out to is the two-piece of Matt Garfield and Joe Smiley would rather go one or two cuts at a time at this point than put together an entire record. The arguments in favor are easy. Attention spans are short, production times are long, and for Mose Giganticus, whose last outing was 2010’s sophomore LP, Gift Horse, which was released via Relapse, maybe anything at all is better than nothing after six years. Fair enough.

The good news is that despite their time away, “We are One” finds Mose Giganticus indeed functioning as a cohesive unit, progressive in their intent and sounding as focused on songwriting as the titular declaration might lead a listener to believe. Of course, if they keep going with releasing one track after another, they might wind up with a full-length album anyway, but it should say something about their intentions going forward that they’re handling a return to activity — and they played shows periodically between Gift Horse and now — with such outwardly perceptible care, as opposed to storming back, saying they’re going to put together a record and then not doing it. One song at a time. It’s an almost gentle approach, which of course makes a fitting contrast to the melodic but still plenty heavy “We are One.”

You can check out the video below, followed by credits and more background.

Enjoy:

Mose Giganticus, “We are One” official video

Announcing the release of our new video / single “We Are One.”

We’re thrilled to announce the release of our latest video single “We Are One”. This is the first release of our “Singles Series”. Rather than releasing an album every few years, we’ll be releasing new songs in the Singles Series in more frequent intervals. This allows us to work on new material as our inspiration strikes us and turn it around quickly.

Directed by Christopher Kayfield and Matt Garfield. Produced by Matt Garfield. Photography by Christopher Kayfield. Production Design by Matt Garfield and Christopher Kayfield. Lighting by Matt Garfield. Audio Recorded at Red Planet by Joe Smiley. Audio Mastered by James Plotkin.

Mose Giganticus is Matt Garfield and Joe Smiley.

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