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Dust Lovers Premiere “End Title: Film Noir” Video; Announce Name Change & Album Reissue

Posted in Bootleg Theater on June 13th, 2018 by JJ Koczan

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Somehow, it seems appropriate that The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers would do some chopping. What the cinema-obsessed aggro heavy rocking Parisian four-piece have lobbed off, however, is a goodly portion of their moniker. On June 24, they’ll issue their 2017 album — their third — Film Noir, on vinyl through Besta Records, and presumably that will make the name change official: they’re just Dust Lovers now. Doesn’t matter if it comes from a Texas chainsaw or anywhere else.

Why the change? Why not? Plus, it seems like Dust Lovers — the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Clément Collot, guitarist Nagui Méhany, drummer Christophe Hogommat and bassist Étienne Collot — are looking to be taken a little more seriously, and the long moniker was a little goofy. In addition to the forthcoming LP of Film Noir, they’ll head out to play Hellfest in their home country later this month, so it’s easy to argue it’s already working, and with Ennio Morricone, Elvis, Kyuss and other influences in dust lovers film noirtheir material, there’s nothing to pull the listener out of the moment when listening. Dust Lovers is a pretty cool name. You can see why they’d want to roll with it.

And as for Film Noir, it originally came out last October and runs a pretty wide stylistic gamut while featuring a central plotline just the same. There’s the spiritual “Come by the River” and the ringing tones of and big hooks of “Let it Bleed” as well as the surf-gone-heavy party rock — finger snaps and all — of “Martyr with a Plan” ahead of the Queens of the Stone Age-style push in “California sur Marne,” but at the finale, Film Noir closes with its title-track, “End Title: Film Noir,” and takes a more brooding approach, grinning through a lounge-style subdued groove while holding a tension of something more fiendish beneath.

The video — copping stylistic influence from Tarantino, Italian horror, and, yes, classic film noir — for the song does likewise. Directed by Collot, it’s a murderous tale of maybe-revenge with deep-hued colors and enough faux blood to officially qualify as at least one bucket, if not multiple buckets. Looks like a good time was had during its making.

You can see the premiere of “End Title: Film Noir” below and once again, that Film Noir reissue is out June 24. Wait a minute! That’s the same day they’re at Hellfest! You’d almost swear these things were planned out ahead of time.

Take yourself to film school:

Dust Lovers, “Film Noir” official video premiere

Dust Lovers on “End Title: Film Noir”:

The song “End Title: Film Noir” was thought and crafted like a movie’s end credits. Like at the end of a flick, when the audience take their breath again, while digesting what they just saw. We did this video like we make a video, it was crafted like a short movie. As usual, our vocalist Clément Collot directed the whole thing alongside a proper video team for two days. (French director) Godard once said “to make a movie, you need a woman and a gun.” That’s what we did, taking our cue from giallo movies and Italian horror movies à la Dario Argento.

DUST LOVERS (new name!) – New video « Film Noir » taken off their third album « Film Noir » released Oct. 20th, 2017. The album is reissued on vinyl via Besta Records on June 24th. The band will be playing at Hellfest on the Valley Stage, Sunday 24th June.

FILM NOIR-
Directed by Clem Colt
Music by Dust Lovers
Recorded by Sylvain Biguet and Chris Hogommat
Mix by Chris Hogommat
Mastering by Brent Asbury
2018 / HUURG!! FILMS / BESTA RECORDS

Dust Lovers are:
Clément Collot – Guitar & Vocals
Nagui Méhany – Guitar & Harmonica
Christophe Hogommat – Drums
Étienne Collot – Bass

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The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers Premiere “Summer Spleen” Video

Posted in Bootleg Theater on March 16th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

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There are all kinds of questions one might ask of Parisian four-piece The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers, about things like naming their debut album, Me and the Devil, after a Robert Johnson blues even as they proffer a heavy rock sound that pulls more from Morricone and black metal, and what the hell is a dust lover anyway? To ask these questions, however, is to get sidetracked. Sometimes in life, shit is weird. You have to roll with it.

Enter the band themselves, who in their new video for “Summer Spleen” are dressed like it’s the Day of the Dead and rocking like they’re Clutch gone extreme. Elsewhere on the record, they vibe out on post-QOTSA bounce (see “Me and the Devil”) and effectively blend Western sounding soundtracking with post-rock (“My Lover of the Moon”), but the unifying factor is that you never quite know what’s coming next. No doubt that’s by design. Still, somehow they manage to affect a focus on songwriting amid all this style-swapping, and as someone who on occasion has been fortunate enough to appreciate a fraction of the absurdity of the world in which we live, every now and again a weirdo hook is just the thing. Anyone remember Sleepytime Gorilla Museum? Some similar drama here, but The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers are more heavy rock at their root.

“Summer Spleen” — and I think we’re using the definition of “spleen” that means melancholy, rather than the organ; though one never knows — was also the title of a 1973 single released by French artist David Foster, but barring some personal connection to that song on the part of the band, I’m guessing the title is coincidental. Either way, it’s a catchy push through some strange territory and the video is, well, it’s the most attention-grabbing performance clip I’ve seen in a while, and if you hang around here on the regular, you know I’ve seen a couple.

Get yourself freaked out with the “Summer Spleen” video below, directed by guitarist/vocalist Clément Collot, followed by some comment from the band and more background from the PR wire. Me and the Devil is out March 28 on Besta Records.

Enjoy:

The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers, “Summer Spleen” official video

The Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers on “Summer Spleen”

Summer Spleen is about the pain and sorrow we felt during the making of the album. We felt that we were rushing everything: the agenda was crazy, as we all have shitty jobs to keep things moving with the band. We didn’t have any lyrics for this track, although it was already on tape. In the meantime, a close relative died during the most busy week of August… That was just too much. The theme came naturally as we were working day and night, dealing with the grief, when everyone else seemed to have fun during this very hot summer. There are a lot of different influences in our work, in general. From cumbia to black metal, going through gothic rock, post punk, stoner rock and many other genres. I guess that in this video, we just went for a stylish mess of all those things.”

Formed in 2011 in Paris, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW DUST LOVERS brought together their definitive lineup with new guitarist Nagui Méhany in 2014. After their debut EP entitled Born Bad (2012) and the release of their blazing single “White Teeth”, the foursome puts out their second EP The Wolf Is Rising in 2014.

After they fully toured France and Spain, and played shows alongside the likes of The Midnight Ghost Train, No One Is Innocent, Black Spiders and The Picturebooks, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW DUST LOVERS are back in the spring of 2016 with a long-awaited first album entitled Me And The Devil, out on March 28th via Besta Records.

TCDL IS
Clément Collot – Guitar & Vocals
Nagui Méhany – Guitar & Harmonica
Christophe Hogommat – Drums
Étienne Collot – Bass

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