Pollinator Post “Missing the Past” Video
Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 24th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
Got two minutes? Yes you do. Pollinator‘s new video doesn’t take much more than that to check out, and time is an invention anyway. That might be a response to the nostalgia of “Missing the Past,” which is the song in question, but it’s a funny coincidence that the fuzz Pollinator proliferate is timeless. So can you be “Missing the Past” and be in a place out of time? For two minutes? Somebody call the Department of Temporal Investigations.
“Missing the Past,” with its strong hook, warm tone and fervent, in-a-rush-but-not-sounding-rushed groove, comes from Pollinator‘s 2017 second album, Fruit, and while it doesn’t necessarily account for the funk of “Expectations” that follows it on the record or the later grunge-garage burst of “Turn on the AC,” or the master blaster that is “Can You Boogie?,” its good-time thrust is ready to make rockers dance awkwardly with a wallop of 17 energetic tracks most of which clock in under three minutes long and which tend toward traditionalist bounce, an edge of Queens of the Stone Age in “Master of Collisions” and elsewhere. It’s a bit of a head-spinner as it moves from song to song to song to song, bam bam bam — or as they put it with the title of the second cut, “Bingo Bango Bongo” — but the vibe is friendly and even when they dare to top five minutes with closer “Hello and Goodbye,” they keep the party going with vocal harmonies and arrangements between bassist Louise Eksteen and guitarist Every Snyman and drummer Tim Edwards right up till the end of the album.
I’ll admit the video is my first exposure to the record or to the band, and in the spirit of their work, I’ll keep this post relatively short and just say if you dig what you hear in “Missing the Past,” you can stream Fruit in its entirety at the bottom of this post.
Hope you enjoy:
Pollinator, “Missing the Past” official video
Johannesburg based stoner fuzz rock trio Pollinator have released a western themed video for their new single Missing the Past. Taken from their second full length album Fruit which released in September 2017. The video was filmed in one day by Gavin Pincus at Duikerveld Farm in Heidelberg.
Louise Eksteen, bass/vocals comments on the track: “Missing the Past is a song that dives into the theme of nostalgia. The lyrics highlight the sentimentality of fond memories and how the present can pale in comparison.” Tim Edwards, drums/vocals adds: “In typical Pollinator style, the song is over before you know it much like life itself. Gavin messed around with refractions and reflections to intensify certain parts of the video. And hammed them up hard.”
A heartfelt thanks to all the following people:
Gavin Pincus for filming and stealing our souls with his camera.
Mike Jaspan for gaffering on the day.
Sophia Lee for being our grip and cam assist.
Carmen Bekker for the location and accommodation.
Briony Macleod for the grade.
Dayle Frieman for the titling.
Brad Devine for the lenses and extras.
