I walk along the canals of Heemraadspark in Rotterdam about three or four times a week. By necessity, just to clear my head and my body, and to make sure my face isn’t buried behind my laptop 24/7. It’s about a four mile walk, and every time I run into some crows. They’re smart little bastards, and I kind of consider them pals now. Not sure why I’m writing this; I guess my attempt to befriend these crows may or may not have subconsciously played a part in sharing the new Crows track “Vision Of Me”. Reason enough, right?
Reason enough, indeed, which is also the the title of the East London post-punk heavy hitters’ forthcoming LP. “Vision Of Me” is a sobering song about consequences, and shedding one’s toxic skin for a better version of the self. James Cox, Crows’ ordained bellower, doesn’t mince words.
“When writing ‘Vision Of Me’ I was struggling with some unhealthy emotional tendencies that I’d developed over several years,” he reflects.”I was exploring my own reactive behaviour and becoming someone I hated, and at the same time, coming to terms with the reasons this happened. It’s a very cathartic song for me as it stirs up some difficult memories, but also shows me how far I’ve come since then, and that the things that took me there are no longer able to hurt me.”
The video directed by Alexandre Do is quite spectacular in its monochrome grimness, displaying a gripping collage of concrete and stone that makes up a city. This song made me think of how hard it is to change as a person, how we usually fall back to our own habits,” Do adds. “I wanted to see hundreds of clones of James, past versions of him who all do the same thing in an immovable routine. Making this music video was a real feat, but I am ecstatic seeing it on screen and so thankful to all the people who believed in us and the idea.”
Watch and listen to “Vision Of Me” below, and pre-order Reason Enough – out on September 27th via Bad Vibrations – here.
