The Vacant Lots are set to release a new album Interiors on October 13, 2023 via Fuzz Club but ahead of the release of that fifth record by the Brooklyn-based band we get the single “Amnesia.” The music video is in black and white like with flickering images like a VHS collage someone made splicing together scenes on an old video mixing board. Across the image are drawings in lines of light like Stan Brakhage had a hand in designing the visuals. Musically the streams of distorted synth and background melancholic melodies supporting disaffected vocals akin to what The Church might have sounded like had it gone in for a coldwave sound rather than psychedelic, arty post-punk. The production is lo-fi but unlike many other modern post-punk and darkwave bands that have gone that route the composition of the song has a tonal dimensionality that combines a modern approach to drum machine programming with a self-awareness of how the song will sound in various environments including live where it seems this song would flood the room with its hypnotic frequencies. Watch the video for “Amnesia” on YouTube and follow The Vacant Lots at the links provided.
Queen City Sounds and Art 
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