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Toad Venom Premiere “Swirling Hands” Video; New Single Out Now

Posted in Bootleg Theater on August 25th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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Toad Venom‘s new single rings sincere in its ’60s-style acid-laced harmonies and organ-ic bounce, but whatever decade you want to pin them to, their melodelia is a welcome arrival. “Swirling Hands” is the second single to make its way to public ears from the Gunnorp — near Linköping, off the E4 that runs between Gothenburg and Stockholm; someday I’ll tour Sweden and see these places — outfit behind June’s “Three Hearts” and while it’s hard to tell if their anonymity is on purpose or they just haven’t gotten around to telling anyone who they are or taking pictures yet, they’ve clearly got their priorities in order. Step one: write cool songs. Step two: record those songs. Step three: rent inflatable cow costume.

Which brings us to step four. The video premiering below for “Swirling Hands” is not at all short on charm, and the wardrobe doesn’t at all hurt toad venom swirling handsthat cause as our dear livestock frolic in the fields and, interpretive dance to the track and, you know, rock out until the sun sets before returning, clearly exhausted, to the barn to sleep. The message arrives on-screen as the song begins to wind down: “Toad Venom is best,” each word appearing in succession before being replayed in a different order as “Is Toad Venom best?” with a big “YES!” following shortly behind in the middle. I thought for a second they were going to leave the question unanswered, but I think I like it better this way.

Keep an eye out early for a quick cut of someone watching confusedly out a window, and look out for the melty toad of the band’s apparent mascot to show up a couple times as well, usually when there’s a finger partially over the lens of what I’m going to assume was an iPhone camera. Also the rest of the band in quick cameos. There are various filters, but nothing too harsh on the eyes. It’s silly stuff and it knows it, and fun, but “Swirling Hands” is gorgeous and daydream-worthy and “Three Hearts” was likewise a gorgeous, introduction to who they are. There will be a third single according to Welfare Sounds — studio and label both — maybe sometime next month, ahead of a debut album next year. If you were the sort to keep a running list of things coming out down the line you were looking forward to hearing, that debut would be one to jot down.

So I just did.

Enjoy, and yes, I mean that:

Toad Venom, “Swirling Hands” video premiere

Toad Venom on “Swirling Hands”:

There’s an infamous saying in Swedish that goes “Det är Kaos på Ängen!” which loosely translates into “There’s cows in the meadow!” And what we are is chaos, so we took that to the big screen. Not that any of this make any sense, but what does anyway?

A band, experimenting the void between spaghetti western and psychedelic rock. Trying new recipes such as mixing pasta with lysergic acid diethylamide, cacti with psilocybin and the pretentious nuons are just pouring down!

But to break it down for you. The only type of guitar based music you need in the 2000s. It’s time to start the Roaring Twenties Part 2! Ah, shit, here we go again.

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