Lowrider Post “And the Horse You Rode in On” Video; Split With Elephant Tree Out Oct. 25
You know what’s rad about the new Lowrider video for “And the Horse You Rode in On?” Well, the song, for one. Also the video itself. But also also the fact that they made it like a week ago. I saw on social media the band was doing some filming and kind of assumed it was for the next video, whatever and whenever that might be, but no. As straight-ahead as “And the Horse You Rode in On” is in terms of both message and structure, the clip would seem to have shared a similar sans-bullshit mentality. This is a thing to appreciate.
If it needs to be said, the first part of the idiom is “fuck you,” and Lowrider aren’t shy in getting the point across. Following behind Elephant Tree‘s “Long Forever” as a single from the split LP, The Long Forever, that the two bands will share next month on Blues Funeral — it’s the last PostWax release for the second wave; I did liner notes for it that last I heard will be available with the regular edition as well — the arrival of “And the Horse You Rode in On” means that the LP’s opening and closing tracks are both out there. I don’t need to tell you to listen. I have no doubt you already have.
In the PR wire info, Peder Bergstrand mentions it’s the first music video Lowrider have done. That may be true in terms of one featuring the band themselves, but if you’ll recall, the one they put out for “Red River” (premiered here) in 2021 was a gem as well, however you want to count it.
Enjoy:
LOWRIDER share new track off upcoming split album with Elephant Tree, out October 25th on Blues Funeral Recordings.
Swedish stoner rock heroes LOWRIDER share their new single “And The Horse You Rode In On” on all streaming services today! The song is taken from “The Long Forever”, their eagerly anticipated split album with London psych-doom royalty ELEPHANT TREE, to be issued on October 25th through Blues Funeral Recordings.
“We just wanted to do something different,” says LOWRIDER frontman Peder Bergstrand. “How do you follow up the 11 minute closing track everyone loved on our last album? I have no idea, but a two-and-a-half minute punk banger on the current state of the world seemed like the only way” he chuckles. “Weirdly enough it’s also our first music video ever. I’ve done more music videos for others than I can remember (for Greenleaf & Dozer among others) but somehow this is our first. Feels nice to have ripped that bandaid, 25 years into the career haha!”
“We just wanted people to see the raw energy of the band. And Niclas’ tshirt is a slight nod to current events and kind reminder to take care of your pets and not eat them… and also to not believe everything you see on TV” he adds with a smirk.
Watch Lowrider’s new video “And The Horse You Rode In On” + listen to the single on all streaming services: https://lnkfi.re/lowriderhorse
Elephant Tree and Lowrider have come together to present the collaborative album “The Long Forever”, easily one of the most eagerly awaited split releases in heavy rock history. Arriving in the wake of their landmark 2020 releases, “The Long Forever” finds both bands at critical junctures: each has a broad and expanding influence, each is revered onstage and off, and each is about to deliver its first proper new music in four years to tremendous anticipation.
“The Long Forever” takes its title from the nickname Elephant Tree singer and guitarist Jack Townley gave to the multi-week coma he was kept in for medical reasons following a near-fatal biking accident in early 2023. Dreaming without waking and losing all sense of time as his mind attempted to process and cope with the ordeal, that lyrical description can only hint at the enormity of Jack’s experience. And yet, the year or so that followed manifested a musical freedom in the bands’ respective approaches. Lowrider has grown more complex and expressive, while Elephant Tree has chosen a rawer, set-up-the-mics-and-go approach. “The Long Forever” is the vehicle through which the bands meet, subverting and superseding the expectations on them, with a traumatic nexus as the gravitational singularity around which the entire LP orbits, bending and shaping every note that escapes forth.
Stress, trauma, time, gravity, sound, joy, catharsis and texture all find a place across the record’s 43 minutes, but what resonates is the stridence with which Elephant Tree and Lowrider meet at the convergence of timelines and complement each other in evolving listeners’ ideas of who they are. In the end, perseverance, healing and stubbornness of passion are what made “The Long Forever” a reality. We invite fans to listen with open minds and love in their hearts. Check out the album’s debut single with ELEPHANT TREE and LOWRIDER’s collaborative track “Long Forever”!
ELEPHANT TREE & LOWRIDER “The Long Forever”
Out October 25th on Blues Funeral Recordings (LP/CD/digital)
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TRACKLIST:
1. Lowrider – And The Horse You Rode In On
2. Lowrider – Caldera
3. Lowrider – Into The Grey
4. Lowrider – Through The Rift (feat. Elephant Tree)
5. Elephant Tree – Fucked In The Head
6. Elephant Tree – 4 For 2
7. Elephant Tree – Long Forever (feat. Lowrider)
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