Demersal Run Through An Emotional Gauntlet on “Som Et Barn Mod Dit Bryst” (Video Premiere)
After wrapping up a short tour in Europe with Kollapse, the Danish screamo group Demersal has released a new music video for “Som Et Barn Mod Dit Bryst” off of their new LP Demersal. It’s the album’s final track, so it spoils the ending, but damn, what a spoiler it is. It captures the full spectrum of emotions associated with screamo, going from hostile to pensive to pure catharsis in the span of four minutes. It’s not nearly as aggressive as "Lys I Natten," the first single from Demersal that played more like Demersal were sticking forks into power outlets. Although “Som Et Barn Mod Dit Bryst” begins on a similar note, it’s with a more tempered pace. That pacing eventually comes to a crawl as Demersal lean heavily into screamo and post-rock’s shared roots in quiet-loud dynamics. The horns that appeared in “Lys I Natten” return in somber fashion and add to a climax that doesn’t feel as triumphant as it should, as if Demersal are consciously not celebrating a victory of any sort. It’s a musical representation of the album’s thesis, in which Demersal encourages listeners “to share one’s vulnerability with caring people and to reach out when the world feels the most incomprehensible.”
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The band comments:
"Som Et Barn Mod Dit Bryst" is the last song on our upcoming self-titled album. The song is essentially about the importance of taking part in communities with people you love and trust - whether it be family, music communities, activism, friendship, romantic relationships and so on. The whole album is mainly about facing global crises - climate change, war, extremism and so on. It can seem immensely incomprehensible to figure out what one can do as an individual to make a difference in a global perspective. But one thing we can do is to find comfort and love in the people we trust, as a way of dealing with our world that, in many ways, is slowly decaying.
"The video consists of footage from our recent tour with Kollapse in Germany, France and Switzerland. It portrays one of the communities that we value and trust - our band and the scene we’re a part of."The video consists of footage from our recent tour with Kollapse in Germany, France and Switzerland. It portrays one of the communities that we value and trust - our band and the scene we’re a part of.
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Demersal releases May 10th via Tomb Tree (Canada/US), Fireflies Fall (France), Pasidaryk Pats (Lithuania), Dingleberry Records (Germany), Ripcord Records (Scotland), Vinyltroll (Denmark), and Nothing To Harvest (Greece).
