The Devil Rides Out Finish Video Series with “Empty Sky”
Because I’m a punk and I thoroughly missed the boat on reviewing The Devil Rides Out‘s 2013 Ugly Creatures EP, you’ll find it included in its five-track entirety in a Bandcamp stream below. Please note that it’s no less a professional heavy rock execution than was the Perth-based foursome’s 2011 sophomore full-length, The Heart and the Crown (review here), and that with their new video for “Empty Sky” from the latest release, they complete a series of five videos working with different directors (including themselves), providing visual accompaniment for every song on Ugly Creatures. The links to the others are included below as well, coming courtesy of the PR wire, which also supplies more info about the EP and video project.
Clearly these guys do not fuck around.
Enjoy:
The Devil Rides Out, “Empty Sky” official video
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT RELEASE NEW MUSIC VIDEO ‘EMPTY SKY’
Long before Beyonce dropped her self-titled video album late last year, four very hairy, very loud gentlemen from the west coast of Australia dreamed a little dream. Perth stoner/sludge lords The Devil Rides Out announced back in June 2013 that they were to release a short film for every track on their new release, each one with a different director / artist given free reign to do whatever they liked. This “video album” was entitled ‘Ugly Creatures’.
As they had hoped for, the resulting films have been incredibly varied but always interesting, from Cat Hope’s experimental take on ‘Blood River’ to the more traditional live performance video – with a twist – of Baz Harvey’s ‘Ugly Creature’. They’ve also enjoyed a bit of success, with ‘The Righteous Walk’ – created by the bands own Joey K and Andrew Ewing – selected to appear on the 2014 Music Feedback DVD compilation, and Richard Eames’ epic video for ‘Burn Again’ being selected for the 2013 WAM Festival DVD compilation as well as the 2013 Sydney Underground Film Festival.
‘Empty Sky’ – the fifth and final “Creature” in this ambitious video project – has been directed by up-and-coming young filmmaker Robert Bremner and is a badass homage to Eastern samurai cinema via Italian spaghetti western and a Tarantino-esque sexy/cool aesthetic. The dream-like film was shot by Bremner with assistance from Alex Aitken and stars Taihra Swaine and Ayzia Hogan as the rival samurai warriors in a battle to the death, beneath an empty sky…
Watch ‘Empty Sky’ here now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrrwU_cAXp0
‘Ugy Creatures’ can be purchased online from the The Devil Rides Out Bandcamp page: http://thedevilridesout.bandcamp.com/
You can also watch the previous four short films here:
‘The Righteous Walk’ by Joey K & Andrew Ewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrzupEJ5h9s
‘Burn Again’ by Richard Eames: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DntDfFFVs5A
‘Ugly Creature’ by Baz Harvey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mok92QKw0Rg
‘Blood River’ by Cat Hope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TXak3ARzD8
