Vundabar Begin New Chapter with the Release Of ‘I Got Cracked’
Throughout the timeline of any creative pursuit, different chapters will be written and new levels of progression will be achieved. It could be as small as playing your first show, or it could be as big as getting signed to a reputable label. For the Boston indie rock trio Vundabar, it’s definitely the latter these days with them getting signed to Loma Vista Recordings. To ring in the announcement, the band released the single “I Got Cracked” on June 25. Along with the unveiling of the track, they also released an accompanying music video for it that was directed by Christopher Phelps and produced by Timothy Oakley with both of them handling the editing.
The inspiration for the song and the video came about after vocalist & guitarist Brandon Hagen had a very rough go of it during a time period that lasted around a month and a half. This is echoed in the various injuries that are depicted in the correlating scenes of the video in a playful manner.
“In a six-week window that I could only describe as a careening crash landing,” Hagen says about the song and the music video. “A long-term relationship of mine imploded, my dad died, and I broke my arm in a hotel while on tour in Europe. One week after that I was at his funeral and the one after that I was recording this song in Los Angeles. I reeled at the connectedness of it all; so much of these intangible fractures now grounded in the very physical break within my body, this physical break then dictating the floatier bits as I made music determined by the limitations of that injury.”
There’s a sonic intensity within the single that resonates with the frustration and angst that Hagen must have been feeling during the songwriting process. It also should be mentioned that bassist Zack Abramo and drummer Drew McDonald exhibit tightly knit rhythms that form a substantial foundation. The music video has been described as a combination of the drama of Midsommar with the vibe of a John Hughes ’80s flick, which is pretty accurate once you start watching. To do just that, click on the link and dive right in.
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