Inspired by observations of club kid culture, duo’s single
with NSFW title is called “best new rock song of the year so far.”
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Tree
Machines (L-R): Douglas Wooldridge & Patrick Aubry. Photo by Phil Peterson.
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Tree Machines – In The Press
“My favorite new rock song I’ve heard so far this
year.” – Luke O'Neil, BULLETT
“This is the best thing I’ve heard all week. So
amazing.” – Sean Moeller, Daytrotter
“I’ve been unable to stop listening.” – Tom Johnson, Gold
Flake Paint (UK)
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“Fucking Off
Today” is the first video from Tree Machines. See it via The
Wild or at the links below!
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Lawrence, Kansas-based duo, Tree Machines, comprised of Patrick
Aubry and Douglas Wooldridge, is
set to release its debut self-titled EP on March
31st, preceded by the provocatively titled single “Fucking Off Today.” See the premiere of the music video for the
track via The
Wild here.
The new EP opens with this giant-sounding track,
running without the bother of learning to crawl, and lyrically capturing the
idea of not caring in a way no artist has before. “With open mouths to feed, we’re fucking off
today,” Wooldridge sings with
ultimate conviction, adding an ironic touch that gives the song even more
potency. The anthemic aspects of this
message were borne of Wooldridge and Aubry’s observations of the on-off,
blissed-out-but-strung-out club kids they’d see during their gigs as lighting
designers.
For the song’s music video, the duo headed to (not so)
glamourous Los Angeles.
“Culver City’s a hell of a place to find yourself on a
Tuesday morning,” says Wooldridge.
“Run down warehouses and littered streets – I guess we didn’t really know what
to expect beyond the fact that we were shooting our first music video.” The band arrived to find on set to find a
“magical forest” of metal stands with dead limbs attached, small potted trees,
leaves covering the ground, and a palm tree strung with Christmas lights.
“It was perfect,” Wooldridge
says. “Any trepidation Patrick and I
had went away as soon as we were greeted by the crew, and once we loosened up a
bit, we got a kick out of talking to them about tornados and all the things
people from the Midwest do to pass the time.”
“I sometimes forget how talented the company I keep
can be,” says Aubry of Wooldridge’s performance in the clip.
“As for me, I’m still pretty new to cameras, but the whole day was an
adventure.”
Capturing the confusing feelings of youth, and longing
for something so much bigger than what they refer to as “the Midwest
lifestyle,” is in Tree Machines’
DNA, which could be why we haven’t heard a song about apathy delivered in such
blunt terms until now. For it to work,
it’d have to be a tune with a melody and hook as strong as found here to be
believable (especially for a debut single with “fucking” in the title!)
Tree
Machines pulls it off.
The self-titled debut EP by Tree Machines arrives
March 31st. Patrick Aubry and Douglas
Wooldridge of Tree Machines are
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Tree Machines
S/T EP
(Self-Released)
March 31st, 2015
Track Listing:
02. Late Snow
03. Misunderstood
04. At the Wheel
05. The Fire
06. Black and Blue
07. Man at the Door
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Tree Machines Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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