Vine Weevil Post “You Are the Ocean” Video from Sun in Your Eyes LP
There are a few other tracks up on Vine Weevil‘s YouTube page, in case you, like me, don’t have Tidal and are Spotify impaired — seriously, how many times do I need to sign up for the same service? if you need to prove I’m me so god damn badly just take my blood and have done with it — but I’ve yet to dig into their upcoming full-length, Sun in Your Eyes, in its entirety. This is something I hope to rectify as soon as possible; hopefully by the time this post actually goes live, I mean. And I think when you dig into the video below for Vine Weevil‘s “You Are the Ocean,” you’ll perhaps get a sense of where some of my urgency comes from.
Based in London, the duo is comprised of brothers Itamar and Yotam Rubinger, who — on drums and guitar/vocals, respectively — are both former members of a little band called Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Oh, well then. Okay. Sun in Your Eyes is their second long-player behind a quietly-issued 2019 self-titled, and while one might recognize some of their foundation in the songwriting traditions of the ’60s garage and ’70s heavy rock movements, an edge of grit pervading all the while, at least from what I’ve heard thus far — cuts like “Out of Tune,” the Beatlesy shimmer of “My Friend,” and the title-track — there isn’t quite the same gonna-go-kill-some-ladies vibe going on, and you know what? I’m cool with that. Cool with the idea of not killing ladies. I know that’s a bold position to take, but I’m putting it out there.
Thematically, you’ll fine Vine Weevil working from a deeply personal point of view on Sun in Your Eyes, which is the Rubingers’ tribute to their late father. The video for “You Are the Ocean,” which was made by Omri Bigetz, deals in a worldlier scale in terms of the environmental scenarios being portrayed, but certainly life and death factor in one way or the other, as they do to most everything.
I already sent the band a “please please please let me hear your whole record” email, so when/if that happens, I’ll let you know.
In the meantime, in case your Spotify (ever) works, here’s this to get you introduced to the band:
Vine Weevil, “You Are the Ocean” official video
Vine Weevil would like to introduce their new music video “You Are the Ocean”.
“You Are the Ocean” is the first video release from the album “Sun in Your Eyes”.
Vine Weevil is a London-based band formed of singer-guitarist Yotam Rubinger and drummer Itamar Rubinger, both formerly of Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats.
Vine Weevil’s sound is heavily influenced by 60s and 70s acid rock and garage. True to their influences, the album was recorded live on tape with analogue equipment at Gizzard Studios in London.
“The origins of the song come from a very personal place. We started writing the song after our father passed away. He spent most of his life by the sea. The feelings behind the song – and most parts of the album – are about our father.”
The distinctive animated video is by Amsterdam-based 3D artist Omri Bigetz.
The full album is now available on Spotify and Tidal.
https://open.spotify.com/album/2gISGt5j1kKz5BmiQglcqN
https://tidal.com/browse/album/127777264
Vine Weevil is:
Itamar Rubinger
Yotam Rubinger
