Richmond, VA hardcore punk & extreme metal collective .gif from god have unleashed a new track titled, “sassafras manassas ass”, from the blistering and mind-bending upcoming full-length, approximation_of_a_human in the form of a eye-twitching new music video by artist Morta Sustain. The video is streaming below!
About the track, the band comments:
“The song is about running through darkness. More directly it’s about how hopeless and cyclical it feels to move through the world with debilitating anxiety that goes unaddressed; moving forward with no direction or intentionality. How can one hope to overcome their demons or circumstances without acknowledging the reality that they are faced with? Without others affirming that their reality is real and valid?” – Mitchie, Vocals
“sassafras is a re-recording and modification of one of the first songs .gif ever recorded. I wasn’t in the band at the time but it was the first song I was taught after I joined. We never felt like it was done proper justice, and we’ve changed so much as a band since it was first written and initially released that it sounds wildly different now. We want to show people who’ve never heard of us before a song that still remains important to us, while hinting to our current fans how much we’ve changed before releasing material that bears almost no resemblance to previous .gif from god releases.” – Sofia, Bass
Album Track List:
1. [creature_moans_in_pain]
2. mandoorhandhookcardoor
3. no dude… he STILL likes to spray
4. possible futures in the minds of children
5. Kevin fell down the lube well…the perfect trap..
6. what’s the BP2BB?
7. cincinnatically speaking…
8. take the flesh, make it stretchy
9. living off the corpse of the old world
10. sassafras manassas ass
11. when you yell at me, make sure it hurts my feeling
12. 40,000 jobs for a cowboy & counting
Following the launch of their LP, .gif from god will be engaging in a three week fall campaign into the Deep-er South and Middle-west on October 16th starting with a special exhibition opening for The Number 12 Looks Like You at Richmond’s famed Canal Club, before linking up with Floridian grind-freaks c0mputer as they re-fragment the panhandle, and beyond. Be on the lookout for upcoming dates and announcements on their unofficial official social media feeds, as well as more info about the release of their impending album, approximation_of_a_human.
Live shows:
9/4 – Space Litter Records @ Richmond, VA w/ Meth
10/15 – Canal Club @ Richmond, VA w/ The Number 12 Looks Like You
