Sydney indie band Goodmonster have returned with a new song, ‘Scream’, that requires both your dancing shoes and a meditative state of mind.
Abrasive yet hypnotic, the jungle-licious beat lures you in, its dusty, throbbing rhythm intoxicating.
Frontman Dylan Reisch’s anxious, frittering voice emanates vulnerability, but builds in strength, the passion seeping through his pores, a Josh Homme meets Alex Turner vocal tone definitely sprouting.
It’s boogielicious art rock meets industrial pop, a danceable indie tune that also has the sonic beauty to be heard through a pair of top-shelf headphones.
“This song is about the push and pull of loving your people deeply while also feeling the weight of everything that love demands of you,” Dylan says.
“It’s that contradiction of finding comfort in connection, but still wanting to scream.”
Released earlier in February, today scenestr is primed to premiere the song’s music video, which leans into the song’s chaotic energy. Enjoy.
“The original concept of this video was a time loop – man runs down a set of stairs, enters a living room space, plays some music, exits and ends up at the top of the stairs again (and repeat),” adds Reisch.
“Thanks to our excellent director, Nell Ranney, we filmed the performance in multiple locations on the day – ‘just in case’ were her words, and lucky we did, because it turns out watching three blokes sit on a couch for 4 minutes 20 is pretty f…en boring.
“The stairwell scenes were the first to be shot, captured in the fire stairs of an office building. They launched the idea of endlessly running down a set of stairs, which became only part of the story.
“The metaphor extended to the wind-up toys (i.e. going through the motions, robotic life) and even in the performance with the repetition of the main guitar riff.”
The making of the video kept to the band’s DIY aesthetic. “We did it all ourselves – most of the cameras were on tripods, Nell (director) held one for some BTS and occasionally as an extra angle. Using the term ‘cameras’ loosely, of course.
“We worked with two Android phones, a Nikon DSLR and an Olympus point-and-shoot (if there are blurry shots, it’s that last one). The approach was this: it doesn’t matter as much about the resolution of the shot as it does the energy in the performance. . . and I think we captured that.”
Both ‘Scream’ and previous single ‘King Of The Sea’ (which we also premiered), will feature on Goodmonster’s new album ‘The Wolf Is Young’, which releases 5 March, 2026 (pre-order it).
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