Canadian rock duo cleopatrick released its new album FAKE MOON on March 14, 2025. The video for “BAD GUY” looks a little like something out of a Dash Shaw film but done with graphics straight out of a 16-bit video game. With an unusual plot to go with the video including escaping the situation and the world through a trip on a craft that looks like the moon. Which fits how glitchy the production is on the track with the vocals and other sounds bit-crushed ever so slightly. The effect creates a sense of vulnerability and as the song progresses a lo-fi psychedelic sound. The song seems to be about the feeling of being made to feel like the villain in the life story of someone yet again in some psychodrama that gets really old. The song is almost diametrically the opposite in sound and tone from the music on the group’s outstanding 2021 debut album BUMMER but it also expands upon how Luke Gruntz and Ian Fraser have essentially mixed and matched aesthetics within their music that overtly taps into 90s alternative rock with some urgency and aggression but also electronic music and hip-hop production techniques. This song is even a step removed from that fusion and its admittedly grimy and gritty charm. Like the rest of FAKE MOON the vibe is gentler but no less connected to raw feelings and emotional honesty. Watch the video for “BAD GUY” on YouTube and follow the Canadian band at the links below.
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