Over the past few years, Flesh Eater has slowly been establishing themselves as a wonderfully unique gem in the Nashville music scene. Their 2019 release for “extinguisher” is a cacophony of drums and squealing keyboards that floats on top of a wonderfully buoyant vocal line. The Live at the Ballroom release from 2021 proved that those sounds and energy could be carried into an in-person environment without losing any steam; poolside no less. With the release of their latest single and video for “Elefantenrennen,” the band is pushing things further on all fronts; sonically, lyrically and visually.

In a world of short attention spans, you may miss the real delight of the track if you don’t invest at least a full sixty seconds with it. Vocalist Zwil AR starts the track with a lament of “Got no luck in bed, Everybody wants me to do it their way” before the track unfurls to its first stage of explosive energy. A swirl of keyboards, electronic washes and percussion build in a controlled chaos as they peak towards an all-out wall of sound that gives way to a new desire; “Looked at Grindr all the way home. All I want is a boy is to love me. Love me.”

The video completes the package by juxtaposing the lyrics against an alternate motive. Our vocalist is looking for true love while we’re seeing them navigate at truck stops and game rooms; possibly a nod towards sex workers that make their living with those on the road. It’s not exactly the destination where you’d find somebody to love you, which makes the video a brilliant pair for the song.

“Elefantenrennen” is the first single the band has released in awhile but we’re told the followup is mastered and a full-length album is on the way. Given the groundwork that this first single has laid, it’s safe to say we’re excited for all of it. See the band Saturday, November 19th at DRKMTTR with Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and Abstract Black. If you can’t make that, just keep your eyes peeled on the bands Instagram.

Heaven Honey, aka Jordan Victoria, has proven time and again that she has a penchant for finding the perfect mix of social commentary, infectious melodies and dark sultry delivery. With her latest single, “Kicks,” she delivers that mixture in an undeniably concrete package.

Premiering over at The Scene, there’s no shortage of insight into the background of the song and the video itself; all of which you should consume in full. It’s a song penned during COVID that tackles the mind-numbing activities we partake in just to “get our kicks somehow.” It’s a message that veers headlong into nihilism but since the track itself is an immersive and memorable one, it doesn’t seem to matter. Maybe “Kicks” itself serves as one of those distractions.

If you haven’t taken the time to familiarize yourself with the catalog of Heaven Honey, please do so now. Every track is as compelling as this one; which is already at quite the high bar. Go see Heaven Honey live at The Blue Room on November 17th.

What do Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elizabeth Holmes and Bill Gates have in common? For one, they’re all part of an unfathomably rich segment of society that had a hand in creating technologies that we can’t live without but also might be making our lives worse. Okay, Holmes didn’t quite accomplish that goal but she sure tried! More importantly, each of these figures is depicted in the new Twen video for “Automation” – a delightful romp of a video that makes many callbacks to some of these “visionaries” notable actions. Steve Jobs presenting the iPod? Check. Bill Gates mugshot from Albuquerque? Check. Elizabeth Holmes thousand yard stare on the witness stand? Yup. Jeff Bezos losing his mind with champagne? You betcha.

In our track-by-track breakdown of One Stop Shop the band explained that “Automation” is meant to be a little “cartoony” and this official video certainly pairs extremely well with that notion.