The new split video from bands KILL HOURS and VERSUS VERSUS comes as a short film, a continuous storyline that navigates across two songs from two separate groups, representing their own take on different shades of post hardcore. This film is in support of “WAYWARD“, the split album of the same name, which will be coming out this fall on Here Goes Nothing Records, and is something that you simply need to watch to get you hooked and inspired.
Patrick Sheufelt, a recording engineer, studio operator, and jack-of-all-things creative from Detroit, Michigan, joined us to share his perspective on this unique production.
“Iโm writing this almost a year after the inception of what has become the one of the largest single projects Iโve ever undertaken: WAYWARD.” – Patrick introduces the project.
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐.
“I brought these songs to the bands as a way to jumpstart the creative process and sort of define the sound of each one. The guys all liked the material, tweaks were made, structures fleshed out, and we recorded both of them. The idea to do a collaborative video came one night when Kyle (Kill Hours) and I were sitting up late having a beer and listening to the final mixes.”
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐.
Kyle is a DGA member and film set veteran, and has worked with Patrick on several shows and a couple short films together in the past.
Continues Patrick: “I wrote a full script, we made a shot list, we gathered the vehicles, props, safety gear, and then made the costumes in my living room. Kyle made sure all production needs were met. We then proceeded to shoot for 4 months, over the darkest, coldest winter in memory. We collected 100 hours of footage from over 30 locations and covered hundreds of miles in the process. My brother and studio partner Nick acted as our DP and shot my vision beautifully.”
Asked about its meaning and the message behind the project, Patrick explains:
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ.
“The existential dread that comes along with that can be overcome by continuing to move forward, carrying that book, that message, that beacon of hope onward, even if it means going to the end of the earth and the edge of your sanity to do so.”
“It was a reminder to ourselves that we will continue to be artists and we will continue to fight the good fight. Thereโs a lot of adjacent rants I could go on, speeches I could give, but we donโt have time for that here, all you need to know about WAYWARD is that it represents the struggle of All. Keep going. Give emโ Hell.” – he concludes.
