The story goes that Cologne-based heavy rockers Phiasco blew their whole pressing budget for their next record, Kessel, on the video premiering below for “Lucky Loop.” Whether that’s true or a goof, I of course have no idea, but it’s a good story to tell either way. The German four-piece were last heard from with 2016’s Vieh (review here), which was their debut, and so they’re nothing if not due. “Lucky Loop” finds their fuzz tones and straight-up vibe in check, and the clip is legitimately entertaining, involving time travel, homebrewing/bootlegging, missing a gig they would’ve played to two fans, and so on. I didn’t even know beer-concentrate was a thing. Also, I think the narrative might end with them getting into a car wreck with less bearded versions of themselves, so yeah. It goes like that.

I won’t encourage drinking and driving. I will encourage watching Phiasco pretend to do so. And road-sodas for passengers are of course all good.

Video is directed by Felix Rudolph and it comes as Phiasco are a scant $500 away from topping their crowdfunding goal for a vinyl run of Kessel (pun totally intended). There’s nothing to make me think they won’t get there anyway, but if you dig into the charm-laden “Lucky Loop” and don’t come out the other end thinking it’s a cause worth supporting, that’s on you, morally speaking. For me, infectious riffs, lighthearted storytelling, making silly faces at the camera — this is the stuff of a life well lived.

Enjoy:

Phiasco, “Lucky Loop” official video

Musicvideo for “Lucky Loop” of the upcoming album “Kessel”

There are two kinds of fuel in the world of bands on the road. Gasoline and beer. One for the machine, one for the mind. Follow along as the band struggles to maintain a good stock of both of them, while trying to find their way to a venue that is due to be shaken by the band’s fuzzy and powerful sound.

It’s a story of unparalleled heroism, sacrifice, potent beer concentrate, great quantities of hair and long roads, that will defy the laws of time and space itself!

Fasten your seatbelts an grab a cold beer!

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Tags: Cologne, Germany, Kessel, Phiasco, Phiasco Kessel, Unsigned bands

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