SeeYouSpaceCowboy share new single and video ahead of new album—watch
SeeYouSpaceCowboy have released a new music video for “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy.” The track is the latest offering from their upcoming album, The Romance Of Affliction, out Nov. 5 via Pure Noise Records. Read more: Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley on daring himself to make ‘Radical’ Keeping in line […]
Keeping in line with SeeYouSpaceCowboy’s signature dark sound, “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy” parallels the vicious yet comforting theme of the album overall. Two weeks after the band finished the recording process, vocalist Connie Sgarbossa almost died from a drug overdose. She even called the experience a “physical manifestation” of the album.
“Writing music is cathartic to me,” she says in a press release. “Getting things on paper is the only way I know how to deal with stuff. So to have that happen two weeks later almost backed up why I wrote the album—it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. It reinforced that I wrote the album that I needed to write.”
The visual for “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy” juxtaposes the darker elements of the song with a palette of rainbow colors. As the group sing and scream, the video cuts to various people kissing, a visual manifestation of the concept of “the end to a brief moment of lasting intimacy.”
Sgarbossa explains that the song represents a mix of various emotions.
“Don’t mistake lust for love,” she says. “Don’t think that the presence of others can make you feel whole. We are angels with faded halos clinging to the doomed pleasures that wrap us together in an indulgent embrace, only to lose the harmony, unbid and move to the next temporary comfort.
“Even if it feels like the person in front of you can save you from the isolating feelings of being alone in this world, it’s only temporary,” she continues.
The Romance Of Affliction is set for release Nov. 5 and will feature artists such as If I Die First, Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, SHAOLIN G and Aaron Gillespie. SeeYouSpaceCowboy will also embark on a fall tour, beginning Nov. 6 in Anaheim, California. Tickets are on sale now.
You can check out the video for “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy” below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
The Romance Of Affliction tracklisting:
1. “Life As A Soap Opera Plot, 26 Years Running” (feat. Keith Buckley) 2. “Misinterpreting Constellations” 3. “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy” 4. “Sharpen What You Can” (feat. SHAOLIN G) 5. “With Arms That Bind And Lips That Lock” 6. “Losing Sight Of The Exit…” 7. “…And My Faded Reflection In Your Eyes” 8. “Intersecting Storylines To The Same Tragedy” (feat. Aaron Gillespie) 9. “Ouroboros As An Overused Metaphor” 10. “Anything To Take Me Anywhere But Here” 11. “The Peace in Disillusion” 12. “Melodrama Between Two Entirely Bored Individuals” 13. “The Romance Of Affliction” (feat. If I Die First)
SeeYouSpaceCowboy tour dates:
11/05 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction 11/06 – Henderson, NV @ Eagle Aerie Hall 11/07 – Mesa, AZ @ Underground 11/09 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective 11/10 – Kansas City, MO @ The Rino 11/11 – Springfield, MO @ Odyssey Lounge 11/12 – Memphis, TN @ Growlers 11/13 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In 11/14 – Louisville, KY @ Portal 11/16 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome 11/17 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 11/18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground 11/19 – Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon 11/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church 11/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel 11/23 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (Upstairs) 11/24 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place 11/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Legends 11/27 – Lakewood, OH @ Foundry 11/28 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen 11/30 – Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade 12/01 – Des Moines, IA @ Leftys 12/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry 12/03 – Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge 12/04 – Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge 12/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 12/07 – Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project 12/08 – Portland, OR @ Brightside DIY 12/10 – Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman